Cisco ASR 9000 BNG Session License for 128,000 End Users
This Cisco ASR 9000 BNG Session License unlocks capacity for 128,000 end users, ensuring your network can scale to meet demand.
- Capacity Expansion: Enables support for up to 128,000 concurrent user sessions on your Cisco ASR 9000 platform.
- Scalable Performance: Allows your network infrastructure to grow with your user base without performance degradation.
- Subscription Billing: Provides predictable operational expenses with a recurring subscription model.
- Platform Compliance: Ensures your network adheres to licensing requirements for advanced BNG features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ASR 9000 BNG Session License for 128,000 End Users is a software subscription that significantly expands the user session capacity of your Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 platform. This license is designed to support large-scale deployments, enabling your network to handle a substantial number of concurrent user connections for Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) services.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise organizations that manage extensive user networks. It integrates directly with the Cisco ASR 9000 series, providing the necessary software entitlement to manage and scale subscriber access, ensuring reliable service delivery for your own business operations.
- Enhanced User Capacity: Directly supports up to 128,000 concurrent end-user sessions.
- Subscription-Based: Offers a flexible, recurring billing model for predictable budgeting.
- ASR 9000 Platform: Specifically designed for deployment on Cisco's ASR 9000 series routers.
- Network Scalability: Facilitates growth by allowing for a larger subscriber base.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks the full potential of BNG capabilities for subscriber management.
This Cisco license empowers your IT team to scale subscriber access efficiently, ensuring your network infrastructure supports business growth without over-provisioning.
What This Enables
Enable Large-Scale Subscriber Access
Enable teams to manage and support a significantly larger number of concurrent end-user sessions on their Cisco ASR 9000 platform. This ensures reliable connectivity for all users accessing business resources or services.
large enterprise networks, service provider edge deployments, campus-wide Wi-Fi backhaul, corporate WAN aggregation
Streamline Network Scalability
Streamline the process of scaling network capacity to accommodate user growth without requiring immediate hardware upgrades. This license provides the software entitlement for increased session handling.
growing businesses, organizations with seasonal user fluctuations, companies planning network expansion, IT departments managing subscriber services
Automate User Session Management
Automate the handling of a high volume of user sessions, improving the efficiency of your Broadband Network Gateway operations. This allows IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives rather than manual session management.
IT teams managing subscriber services, network operations centers, businesses requiring high availability for user access, organizations with extensive remote workforces
Key Features
128,000 End User Session Capacity
Supports a substantial number of concurrent users, enabling significant network growth and user onboarding.
Cisco ASR 9000 Platform Compatibility
Integrates directly with your existing Cisco ASR 9000 infrastructure, maximizing your hardware investment.
Subscription Billing Model
Provides predictable operational expenses and flexible budgeting for ongoing network capacity needs.
Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) Functionality
Unlocks advanced subscriber management and access control features essential for modern networks.
Software License Entitlement
Ensures compliance and access to the full capabilities of your Cisco network hardware.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and scalable networks to support trading platforms, customer transactions, and secure data access for a large number of employees and clients.
Telecommunications & Managed Services
Service providers and large enterprises managing their own networks need to support vast numbers of subscribers and ensure high availability for critical communication services.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions must provide robust network access to a large, dynamic student and faculty population, often requiring significant bandwidth and session management.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, high-capacity networks to manage patient data, support telehealth services, and ensure continuous operation for critical medical systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco ASR 9000 BNG Session License?
This is a software license that increases the number of concurrent user sessions your Cisco ASR 9000 router can handle for Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) services. This specific license supports up to 128,000 end users.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license operates on a subscription billing model, meaning you pay a recurring fee for its use over a defined term.
Does this license require new hardware?
No, this is a software license that is applied to your existing Cisco ASR 9000 series router. It enhances the capabilities of your current hardware.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.