Cisco ASR 9903 Full Scale VRF License
The Cisco ASR 9903 Full Scale VRF License enables advanced network virtualization and segmentation for your core routing infrastructure, ensuring enhanced security and traffic management.
- Enhanced Network Segmentation: Isolate traffic and improve security by creating multiple virtual routing instances on your ASR 9903.
- Scalable Capacity: Unlock the full potential of your fixed ports for extensive VRF deployments without performance degradation.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements for data isolation and network access control.
- Operational Efficiency: Simplify network management and troubleshooting through logical network separation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription license for Cisco's ASR 9903 router, specifically enabling the Full Scale Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) feature. It unlocks the capability to create and manage a large number of VRFs, allowing for the logical separation of network traffic and routing tables on a single physical device. This is crucial for enterprises requiring multi-tenant environments, enhanced security, or complex routing policies.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in mid-market to enterprise organizations utilize this license to build highly segmented and secure networks. It integrates directly into the Cisco ASR 9903 platform, providing a foundational element for advanced routing architectures that support diverse business applications and compliance mandates within their own operational network.
- Full-Scale VRF Enablement: Activates the maximum capacity for VRF instances on the ASR 9903 fixed port chassis.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to features and updates for the duration of the subscription term.
- Enhanced Security: Isolates network traffic between different business units, customers, or applications.
- Optimized Routing: Allows for independent routing policies and IP address spaces per VRF.
- Network Scalability: Supports the growth of complex network designs requiring extensive segmentation.
This license is essential for organizations needing to maximize their Cisco ASR 9903 investment for advanced network segmentation and routing control.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Segmentation
Enable teams to create isolated virtual routing instances on their Cisco ASR 9903 routers. This allows for the secure separation of traffic for different departments, applications, or security zones within the same physical infrastructure.
core routing infrastructure, network virtualization, traffic isolation, security policy enforcement, internal network segmentation
Support Multi-Tenant Environments
Streamline the deployment of distinct routing domains for different tenants or business units sharing the same network hardware. This ensures that each tenant's traffic and routing policies remain independent and secure.
shared infrastructure, logical network separation, tenant isolation, resource management, service delivery platforms
Meet Stringent Compliance Requirements
Automate the enforcement of network segmentation policies required by regulatory bodies. This license provides the granular control needed to isolate sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry-specific mandates.
regulatory compliance, data privacy, security audits, network access control, governance frameworks
Key Features
Full Scale VRF Support
Allows for the creation of a large number of Virtual Routing and Forwarding instances, enabling extensive network segmentation and isolation on your ASR 9903.
Subscription Licensing
Provides access to the VRF feature set for a defined term, offering predictable costs and access to ongoing software updates and support.
Fixed Port Chassis Optimization
Unlocks the full routing capacity of the ASR 9903's fixed ports, ensuring efficient utilization of your hardware investment.
Enhanced Network Security
By isolating traffic, VRFs significantly reduce the attack surface and prevent lateral movement of threats within the network.
Simplified Network Architecture
Enables the consolidation of multiple logical networks onto a single physical platform, reducing complexity and operational overhead.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict network segmentation to isolate sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making VRF essential for their internal networks.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, which mandate the protection of patient health information through secure network segmentation and access controls.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often operate complex networks with diverse security requirements and need to segregate data for different departments or security levels to meet stringent compliance standards.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from VRF to segment operational technology (OT) networks from IT networks, enhancing security and preventing disruptions to critical manufacturing processes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VRF and why is it important?
VRF stands for Virtual Routing and Forwarding. It allows a single physical router to host multiple routing instances, effectively creating separate virtual routers within one device. This is crucial for network segmentation, security, and managing complex routing policies.
What does 'Full Scale' mean for this license?
Full Scale indicates that this license enables the maximum capacity for VRF instances supported by the Cisco ASR 9903 router's fixed port chassis. It removes limitations on the number of VRFs you can deploy.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license. It provides access to the Full Scale VRF functionality for the duration of the subscription term, typically including software updates and support.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
High — engineer-led
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.