Cisco ASR 9000 Tunnel Protocols Enterprise License
This Cisco ASR 9000 license subscription unlocks advanced tunnel protocol capabilities, ensuring your network infrastructure supports complex traffic requirements.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to advanced routing and tunneling features for enhanced network segmentation and traffic management.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure continued access to critical network functions and software updates for uninterrupted service delivery.
- Compliance Enablement: Meet regulatory or internal policy requirements for secure and efficient data transport across your network.
- Scalability Support: Facilitate the expansion of your network's capacity to handle growing data volumes and user demands.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ASR 9000 RTU License for Tunnel Protocols is a platform software subscription that enables advanced tunneling functionalities on Cisco's Aggregation Services Router 9000 series. This license provides access to features crucial for modern network architectures, including VPNs, MPLS, and other overlay technologies, ensuring your network can adapt to evolving traffic patterns and security needs.
This license is designed for IT professionals and network managers within small to enterprise-sized businesses that rely on robust and scalable routing infrastructure. It integrates directly with the Cisco ASR 9000 platform, enhancing its capabilities for businesses managing complex network deployments, data center interconnects, or large-scale service provider edge functions.
- Advanced Tunneling: Enables support for a wide range of tunnel protocols essential for VPNs, network virtualization, and traffic engineering.
- Enhanced Routing: Unlocks sophisticated routing features to optimize traffic flow and ensure high availability.
- Subscription-Based: Provides flexible, ongoing access to features and updates through a recurring billing model.
- Platform Specific: Directly applies to the Cisco ASR 9000 series routers, ensuring seamless integration.
- Feature Richness: Grants access to enterprise-grade functionalities required for demanding network environments.
Equip your business network with the advanced routing and tunneling capabilities needed for today's demanding applications and traffic volumes.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Segmentation
Enable teams to create highly segmented networks using advanced tunnel protocols for enhanced security and traffic isolation. Streamline the deployment of virtual private networks and overlay networks to support diverse business applications.
data center interconnect, multi-site WAN, cloud connectivity, secure remote access
Optimize Traffic Engineering
Streamline traffic flow across complex network topologies by enabling sophisticated traffic engineering capabilities. Automate the management of data paths to ensure optimal performance and resilience for critical business applications.
high-performance computing, large-scale data processing, real-time communication, service provider edge
Support Network Virtualization
Automate the deployment and management of virtual network overlays essential for modern virtualization strategies. Facilitate the creation of flexible and agile network environments that adapt to changing business needs.
private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud integration, software-defined networking, network function virtualization
Key Features
Support for multiple tunnel protocols (e.g., GRE, IPsec, MPLS)
Provides flexibility to create secure and efficient connections for diverse network requirements and applications.
Enhanced routing protocol support
Allows for more granular control over traffic paths, improving network performance and reliability.
Subscription-based licensing
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to the latest features and software updates.
Designed for Cisco ASR 9000 Series
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance with your existing Cisco hardware investment.
Enterprise-grade features
Meets the demanding requirements of complex business networks for scalability and advanced functionality.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require secure, high-performance networks for transaction processing and data exchange, making advanced tunnel protocols essential for VPNs and secure data transport.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure and reliable network connections for patient data transmission and inter-facility communication.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve connecting multiple sites or remote operational technology (OT) systems, requiring robust and secure tunneling for reliable data flow and control.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies handle sensitive information and require secure, resilient network infrastructure to support critical operations and inter-agency communication.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco ASR 9000 RTU License?
RTU stands for 'Right to Use'. This license grants your organization the permission to use specific software features, in this case, advanced tunnel protocols, on your Cisco ASR 9000 routers. It is typically a subscription-based entitlement.
What kind of tunnel protocols does this license enable?
This license enables a suite of advanced tunnel protocols supported by the Cisco ASR 9000 platform, crucial for VPNs, network virtualization, and traffic engineering. Specific protocols depend on the exact software version and feature set enabled by the license.
How does a subscription license differ from a perpetual license?
A subscription license provides access to the software features for a defined term, usually with ongoing support and updates included. A perpetual license grants indefinite use of a specific software version, often with separate maintenance contracts for updates and support.
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.