Cisco ASR 9K Advanced Video and Multicast Software License
This Cisco ASR 9000 Series software license subscription unlocks advanced video and multicast features, ensuring your network infrastructure is optimized for high-demand media services.
- Feature Access: Entitlement to advanced video streaming and multicast routing protocols.
- Compliance: Ensures adherence to licensing requirements for specific Cisco ASR 9K features.
- Operational Continuity: Supports continued use and advanced functionality of your Cisco ASR 9000 platform.
- Performance Optimization: Enables enhanced traffic management for video and multicast services.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco Smart License subscription for advanced video and multicast capabilities on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series platform. It provides the necessary software entitlement to enable sophisticated features for video delivery and efficient network traffic handling for multicast streams.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise environments utilize this license to enhance their network's capacity for video services and multicast distribution. It integrates directly with the Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers, forming a critical component of their core network infrastructure for content delivery and service provider functionalities.
- Advanced Video Support: Enables high-density video transcoding, streaming, and delivery features.
- Multicast Optimization: Unlocks enhanced multicast routing protocols for efficient content distribution.
- Smart Licensing: Facilitates flexible and compliant software license management.
- Platform Specific: Designed exclusively for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series routing platform.
- Subscription Term: Provides access to features for the duration of the subscription period.
Equip your mid-market or enterprise network with essential video and multicast capabilities through this Cisco ASR 9000 Series software license.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Video Streaming Services
Enable teams to deliver high-definition video content and live streaming services to their users. Streamline the distribution of video assets across the network with optimized multicast protocols.
core network infrastructure, content delivery networks, service provider edge
Optimize Multicast Traffic Distribution
Streamline the efficient distribution of data to multiple recipients simultaneously using multicast routing. Support large-scale deployments requiring reliable and bandwidth-conscious data replication.
large-scale data replication, real-time information dissemination, broadcast services
Ensure Licensing Compliance for Features
Automate the process of maintaining compliance with Cisco's software licensing requirements for advanced features. Prevent service disruptions caused by licensing lapses or feature limitations.
network infrastructure management, regulatory adherence, operational stability
Key Features
Advanced Video Features
Supports high-quality video streaming and delivery, enhancing user experience and service offerings.
Multicast Routing Capabilities
Enables efficient, one-to-many data distribution, reducing network bandwidth consumption.
Cisco Smart Licensing
Provides flexible and compliant software license management, simplifying administration.
ASR 9000 Series Platform Support
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance on your existing Cisco ASR 9000 infrastructure.
Subscription Model
Offers access to features for a defined term, allowing for predictable budgeting and feature updates.
Industry Applications
Media & Entertainment
Essential for delivering live broadcasts, video-on-demand, and other media services efficiently over IP networks, requiring robust multicast and video optimization.
Telecommunications & Service Providers
Critical for enabling advanced video services, IPTV, and efficient content distribution to subscribers, often relying heavily on multicast technologies.
Education & Research
Supports the distribution of educational video content, lectures, and research data to multiple campuses or remote users, often utilizing multicast for efficiency.
Finance & Insurance
Can be used for distributing real-time market data feeds or critical alerts to multiple trading desks or branch offices via multicast, ensuring timely information access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible license management solution that provides an easier, faster, and more efficient way to purchase and manage software licenses. It allows you to activate and manage licenses from a central portal.
What is multicast?
Multicast is a network addressing method that allows a single data stream to be delivered to multiple specific destinations simultaneously. This is highly efficient for applications like video streaming or live broadcasts.
How long is the license term?
The license term is determined by the specific subscription purchased. Please refer to your order details for the exact duration of your entitlement.
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.