Cisco ASR 9K Advanced Video and Multicast Smart License
Enhance your network's video and multicast delivery with the Cisco ASR 9K Advanced Video and Multicast Smart License, ensuring full feature access for your 4x100GE interfaces.
- Feature Access: Unlock advanced video streaming and multicast routing functionalities on your Cisco ASR 9000 series platform.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain licensing compliance with Cisco's smart licensing model, simplifying management and audits.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from continuous access to features and updates throughout the defined subscription period.
- Optimized Performance: Enable efficient delivery of high-bandwidth video content and multicast traffic across your network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco ASR 9000 series smart license subscription provides advanced capabilities for video and multicast traffic, specifically designed for platforms equipped with 4x100GE interfaces. It unlocks sophisticated features essential for modern content delivery and network segmentation.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in mid-market organizations utilize this license to enhance their core routing infrastructure. It integrates directly with their existing Cisco ASR 9K hardware, ensuring that critical network functions for video and multicast are fully enabled and compliant.
- Advanced Video Features: Enables high-performance video streaming and processing.
- Multicast Optimization: Enhances the efficiency of multicast traffic distribution.
- Smart Licensing: Simplifies license management, activation, and compliance tracking.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to features and updates for a defined term.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco ASR 9000 series routers with 4x100GE interfaces.
This license is the ideal solution for mid-market organizations needing to scale their video and multicast services without the complexity of traditional licensing models.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Video Streaming
Enable teams to deliver high-quality, high-bandwidth video content efficiently across their network. Streamline the deployment of video services for internal communications or external customer-facing applications.
High-density network deployments, Content delivery networks, Enterprise video conferencing infrastructure, Service provider edge networks
Optimize Multicast Traffic Distribution
Streamline the distribution of multicast traffic, reducing bandwidth consumption and improving network efficiency for applications like live streaming or financial data feeds. Automate the management of multicast groups and routes for complex network topologies.
Financial trading platforms, Live event broadcasting, IPTV distribution, Large-scale data replication
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Automate the tracking and management of software licenses to prevent operational disruptions due to expired or non-compliant entitlements. Maintain an accurate inventory of software features and their usage across the network infrastructure.
Regulated industry networks, Multi-site enterprise deployments, Networks undergoing audits, Environments with strict IT governance
Key Features
Advanced Video Processing
Enhances the quality and efficiency of video streaming services delivered over the network.
Enhanced Multicast Routing
Optimizes the distribution of one-to-many traffic, conserving bandwidth and improving performance.
Cisco Smart Licensing
Simplifies license activation, management, and compliance reporting, reducing administrative overhead.
Subscription Model
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to feature updates and support for the license term.
4x100GE Interface Support
Specifically designed for high-capacity network interfaces, ensuring performance at scale.
Industry Applications
Media & Entertainment
Essential for broadcasters and content providers requiring high-throughput video delivery and efficient multicast for live streaming and content distribution.
Finance & Insurance
Supports the need for low-latency, high-volume data distribution via multicast for trading platforms and real-time market data feeds.
Telecommunications & Utilities
Enables service providers to efficiently deliver video services like IPTV and manage network traffic for large subscriber bases.
Education & Research
Facilitates the distribution of educational content, video lectures, and large datasets across campus networks and research institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible and modern licensing program that simplifies how you purchase, deploy, and manage Cisco software. It allows for centralized license management and easier compliance tracking.
What does 'Advanced Video and Multicast' enable?
This license unlocks sophisticated features for handling high-definition video streams and optimizing the distribution of multicast traffic, crucial for services like live streaming, IPTV, and large-scale data distribution.
How long is the subscription term for this license?
The specific subscription term is defined at the time of purchase and will be detailed in your agreement. Zent Networks can help you select the term that best fits your operational needs.
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.