Cisco ASR 901 Advanced Metro IP License
The Cisco ASR 901 Advanced Metro IP License subscription provides essential software features to optimize your network infrastructure, ensuring advanced IP routing and service delivery capabilities.
- Advanced IP Features: Unlock sophisticated routing protocols and traffic management for enhanced network control.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from continuous access to features and updates throughout the license duration.
- Platform Optimization: Enhance the performance and service capabilities of your Cisco ASR 901 Series routers.
- Compliance and Support: Maintain network integrity and access to Cisco's support resources for uninterrupted operation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco ASR 901 Advanced Metro IP License is a software subscription that unlocks advanced Internet Protocol (IP) features and functionalities for the Cisco ASR 901 Series routers. It is designed to enhance the routing capabilities, traffic management, and service delivery within metro network environments, ensuring your infrastructure can support demanding business applications.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in small to mid-sized businesses utilize this license to upgrade their existing Cisco ASR 901 routers. It integrates directly into the router's platform, providing the necessary software entitlements to operate advanced IP services, crucial for businesses that rely on high-performance, reliable network connectivity for their daily operations.
- Enhanced IP Routing: Enables advanced routing protocols and policy-based routing for dynamic traffic management.
- Service Enablement: Supports the delivery of advanced IP services required for modern business applications.
- Subscription Model: Provides ongoing access to features and updates, ensuring your network remains current.
- Network Scalability: Facilitates the expansion of IP services and capacity within your metro network.
- Operational Efficiency: Simplifies the management of complex IP services on the ASR 901 platform.
This license is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to maximize the potential of their Cisco ASR 901 routers with advanced IP functionalities.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced IP Routing Protocols
Enable teams to deploy and manage advanced IP routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS. This ensures dynamic path selection and efficient traffic distribution across your network.
business network infrastructure, IP service delivery, network core, edge routing, traffic management
Streamline Metro Ethernet Service Delivery
Streamline the delivery of advanced metro Ethernet services by enabling features that support high-density service aggregation and efficient bandwidth utilization. This improves the quality of service for business-critical applications.
metro network deployments, service provider edge, business connectivity, high-throughput networks
Automate Network Traffic Management
Automate network traffic management with advanced Quality of Service (QoS) policies and traffic shaping capabilities. This ensures that critical business traffic receives priority, reducing latency and improving user experience.
network performance optimization, application traffic prioritization, enterprise network management, data center interconnect
Key Features
Advanced IP Routing Protocols
Supports sophisticated routing protocols for dynamic network path selection and efficient traffic management.
Quality of Service (QoS)
Enables granular control over network traffic, prioritizing critical business applications and ensuring a superior user experience.
Metro Ethernet Services
Facilitates the deployment and management of advanced metro Ethernet services for high-bandwidth business connectivity.
Subscription Licensing
Provides continuous access to the latest features and software updates, ensuring your network remains current and compliant.
Cisco ASR 901 Platform Support
Optimizes the performance and capabilities of your existing Cisco ASR 901 Series routers for enhanced network operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure IP networks to handle sensitive transactions and maintain compliance with strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on robust IP connectivity for critical patient data transmission, telehealth services, and compliance with HIPAA regulations, demanding high availability and security.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments need resilient IP networks for operational technology (OT) systems, real-time data processing, and supply chain management, often requiring low latency and high throughput.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on stable IP networks for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, customer Wi-Fi, and online ordering, necessitating consistent performance and uptime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco ASR 901 Advanced Metro IP License?
It is a software subscription that unlocks advanced IP routing and service features for Cisco ASR 901 Series routers, enhancing metro network capabilities.
What kind of features does this license enable?
It enables advanced IP routing protocols, Quality of Service (QoS) policies, and features supporting metro Ethernet service delivery, crucial for business network performance.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, providing continuous access to features and updates for the duration of the subscription term.
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.