Cisco ASR 9K BNG Advanced Features Smart License
This Cisco smart license subscription unlocks advanced Border Network Gateway (BNG) features for your ASR 9000 Series platform, ensuring critical network capabilities are available and compliant.
- Feature Access: Entitlement to advanced BNG functionalities, enhancing subscriber management and network control.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains adherence to Cisco's licensing model, avoiding service disruptions or audit issues.
- Subscription Term: Provides access to features for the duration of the subscription, offering predictable operational costs.
- Platform Specific: Directly applies to Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers, ensuring compatibility and proper function.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ASR 9K FCM SMART LICENSE FOR BNG ADVANCE FEATURES is a subscription-based software license that enables advanced capabilities on Cisco's ASR 9000 Series routers, specifically for Border Network Gateway (BNG) functions. This license ensures that your network infrastructure has access to the full suite of advanced features required for sophisticated subscriber management, policy enforcement, and high-performance network services.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations that operate their own network infrastructure. It is essential for businesses requiring granular control over subscriber sessions, advanced Quality of Service (QoS) policies, and robust security features within their service provider or enterprise edge network deployments.
- Advanced BNG Functionality: Unlocks specialized features for subscriber management, authentication, and authorization.
- Enhanced Policy Control: Enables granular policy enforcement for traffic shaping, QoS, and service differentiation.
- Subscription Billing: Operates on a recurring subscription model for predictable budgeting and continuous access.
- Smart Licensing: Leverages Cisco's smart licensing mechanism for simplified license management and compliance.
- Platform Support: Specifically designed for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers.
Equip your network with advanced BNG capabilities through this Cisco smart license, ensuring performance and control for your business operations.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Subscriber Management
Enable teams to implement sophisticated subscriber authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services. Streamline the management of large subscriber bases with dynamic policy application.
service provider edge, enterprise network aggregation, broadband access control, network policy enforcement
Enhance Network Policy and QoS
Streamline the application of granular Quality of Service (QoS) policies to manage traffic effectively. Automate differentiated service levels for various user groups or applications.
traffic management, service level agreement enforcement, network performance optimization, subscriber experience management
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Automate adherence to Cisco's software licensing requirements, preventing potential service disruptions or audit penalties. Maintain an accurate record of feature entitlements for network devices.
IT asset management, network infrastructure compliance, operational risk mitigation, software entitlement tracking
Key Features
Advanced BNG Feature Set
Gain access to specialized functionalities for subscriber management, policy control, and network services on your ASR 9000 Series router.
Subscription Model
Benefit from predictable operational expenses and continuous access to licensed features throughout the subscription term.
Cisco Smart Licensing
Simplify license management and compliance tracking through Cisco's integrated smart licensing platform.
ASR 9000 Series Compatibility
Ensure seamless integration and full functionality with your existing Cisco ASR 9000 Series routing platform.
Enhanced Network Control
Achieve granular control over subscriber sessions, traffic policies, and network services for improved performance and user experience.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network infrastructure to manage sensitive data and ensure continuous service availability for trading and client operations.
Telecommunications
Service providers rely on advanced BNG features for efficient subscriber management, policy enforcement, and delivering high-quality broadband services to their customers.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operators need robust network control and policy enforcement to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure critical production systems remain online.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations demand secure, compliant, and highly available network services to support patient care systems, data management, and critical communications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible and efficient licensing model that simplifies how you manage and deploy Cisco software. It allows you to activate, manage, and track licenses from a central portal, reducing the need for physical license keys.
What are BNG advanced features?
BNG advanced features typically refer to specialized functionalities for managing broadband subscribers, including advanced authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA), dynamic policy enforcement, Quality of Service (QoS), and subscriber session management beyond basic routing capabilities.
How is this license billed?
This license operates on a subscription billing model, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the advanced features for a defined period. This provides predictable costs and ensures continuous access to the licensed capabilities.
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.