Cisco ASR 9K BNG Advanced Features Smart License
This Cisco ASR 9000 Series electronic smart license subscription unlocks advanced Borderless Network Gateway features, ensuring your network infrastructure operates at peak performance and compliance.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to advanced BNG functionalities for enhanced network control and user management.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to licensing requirements and avoid service disruptions due to compliance gaps.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure uninterrupted service delivery and access to critical network services through a valid subscription.
- Scalability Enablement: Support growing user demands and complex service offerings with advanced gateway capabilities.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This electronic smart license subscription provides access to advanced Borderless Network Gateway (BNG) features for Cisco's ASR 9000 Series routers. It enables enhanced subscriber management, policy control, and service delivery capabilities, ensuring your network can handle complex user demands and deliver a high-quality experience.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations utilize these licenses to upgrade their existing ASR 9000 deployments. This subscription fits into their network infrastructure, typically within the core or edge, to manage subscriber sessions, enforce policies, and provide differentiated services to their end-users.
- Advanced BNG Capabilities: Unlocks sophisticated features for subscriber aggregation, policy enforcement, and service provisioning.
- Smart Licensing: Simplifies license management through Cisco's electronic and centralized licensing platform.
- Subscription Model: Provides flexible, ongoing access to features with predictable billing.
- ASR 9000 Series Support: Specifically designed for deployment on Cisco's ASR 9000 Series routing platforms.
- Enhanced Network Control: Empowers administrators with granular control over user sessions and network services.
This Cisco smart license is the ideal solution for mid-market organizations seeking to enhance their ASR 9000 network's BNG capabilities without the overhead of traditional hardware upgrades.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Subscriber Management
Enable teams to manage large numbers of concurrent subscriber sessions with sophisticated policy enforcement. Streamline user authentication, authorization, and accounting for diverse service offerings.
core network infrastructure, service provider edge, large user base networks, policy-driven services
Enhance Service Delivery Capabilities
Streamline the provisioning and delivery of differentiated services to end-users based on advanced gateway features. Automate service activation and management to improve customer satisfaction.
multi-service networks, tiered service offerings, customer-facing network services, dynamic service allocation
Ensure Licensing Compliance and Access
Automate compliance with Cisco's licensing requirements by utilizing electronic smart licenses. Maintain continuous access to essential BNG features, preventing service interruptions and operational risks.
managed network environments, regulated operational standards, software lifecycle management, subscription-based IT
Key Features
Advanced BNG Features
Unlock sophisticated subscriber aggregation, policy control, and service provisioning capabilities for enhanced network management.
Electronic Smart Licensing
Simplify license management and compliance through Cisco's centralized, digital licensing platform.
Subscription Billing
Benefit from predictable operational expenses and continuous access to updated features through a flexible subscription model.
ASR 9000 Series Compatibility
Ensure seamless integration and optimal performance with your existing Cisco ASR 9000 Series routing infrastructure.
Enhanced Control and Visibility
Gain granular control over user sessions and network services, improving operational efficiency and troubleshooting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network services to manage client data and transactions, necessitating advanced gateway features for policy enforcement and subscriber management.
Telecommunications & Managed Services
Service providers and managed service providers rely on robust BNG capabilities to efficiently onboard, manage, and deliver services to a large and diverse subscriber base.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and compliant network access for patient data and critical operations, benefiting from advanced control over network access and services.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions manage large, dynamic user populations and require scalable network solutions with granular control over access and bandwidth allocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licenses are an electronic, license-management solution that simplifies how you buy, deploy, and manage Cisco software. They are managed through Cisco's Smart Software Manager portal.
What are Borderless Network Gateway (BNG) features?
BNG features on routers like the ASR 9000 are designed to manage subscriber access, enforce policies, and deliver services to end-users, often in service provider or large enterprise edge networks.
How is this license delivered?
This is an electronic delivery license. Once purchased, you will receive instructions on how to register and activate your license through Cisco's Smart Licensing portal.
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.