Cisco ASR 9K Smart License for L3VPN with 12x100GE Line Cards
Unlock advanced L3VPN routing capabilities for your Cisco ASR 9000 series routers with this electronic smart license, ensuring continuous operation and feature access.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to essential L3VPN features for your Cisco ASR 9K platform.
- Feature Enablement: Grants full access to L3VPN functionalities, crucial for complex network segmentation and traffic engineering.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance with Cisco's smart licensing model, avoiding service disruptions.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network infrastructure remains fully functional and supported with up-to-date software entitlements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is an electronic smart license subscription for Cisco's ASR 9000 series routers, specifically enabling Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) capabilities. It provides the necessary entitlement to operate and manage advanced routing features on the platform, ensuring your network can support complex service provider and enterprise requirements.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise environments, this license is essential for organizations that rely on sophisticated network segmentation, traffic isolation, and secure connectivity. It integrates with Cisco's smart licensing platform for simplified management and compliance, fitting into existing network infrastructure.
- Advanced Routing: Enables full L3VPN functionality for sophisticated network segmentation.
- Smart Licensing: Simplifies license management, tracking, and compliance through an electronic portal.
- Subscription Model: Provides flexible, ongoing access to features with predictable billing.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco ASR 9000 series routers, ensuring optimal compatibility.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports 12x100 Gigabit Ethernet line cards, accommodating high-density, high-throughput environments.
This Cisco smart license is the ideal solution for mid-market and enterprise businesses needing to maintain advanced L3VPN capabilities on their ASR 9K routers with simplified compliance.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Segmentation
Enable teams to create isolated L3VPNs for different business units or customer traffic. Streamline the deployment of secure, segmented networks to enhance security and manageability.
Multi-tenant data centers, large enterprise networks, service provider edge deployments
Support High-Density 100GE Interfaces
Automate the configuration and management of L3VPN services across 12x100GE line cards. Ensure your network infrastructure can handle high-throughput traffic demands with licensed capabilities.
High-performance computing clusters, financial trading networks, content delivery networks
Maintain Licensing Compliance
Streamline license management and ensure continuous compliance with Cisco's smart licensing platform. Protect against service interruptions and potential audits by maintaining valid entitlements for critical features.
Regulated industries requiring strict IT asset management, organizations with complex software audits, businesses prioritizing IT governance
Key Features
L3VPN Functionality
Enables secure and efficient routing for segmented networks, crucial for enterprise and service provider environments.
Smart License Subscription
Provides flexible, ongoing access to features with simplified management and compliance tracking through Cisco's electronic portal.
12x100GE Interface Support
Accommodates high-density, high-throughput network designs, supporting demanding traffic loads.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Platform
Ensures compatibility and optimal performance with a leading platform for network aggregation and core routing.
Electronic Delivery
Allows for rapid deployment and immediate access to licensed features without physical media delays.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust L3VPN capabilities for secure inter-branch connectivity and compliance with strict data segregation regulations.
Telecommunications & Utilities
Service providers rely on L3VPN for offering managed network services to enterprise clients and for internal network segmentation to ensure service quality and security.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, segmented networks to protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA regulations, making L3VPN essential.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks often require isolated L3VPNs for operational technology (OT) traffic to enhance security and prevent interference with IT networks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible license management solution that provides a more efficient and streamlined way to purchase, deploy, and manage Cisco software. It moves away from traditional PAKs to a more modern, license-anywhere approach.
What is L3VPN?
L3VPN, or Layer 3 Virtual Private Network, is a technology that allows service providers to offer private network connectivity to customers over a shared infrastructure. It enables traffic isolation and secure routing between different customer sites.
How is this license delivered?
This license is delivered electronically, meaning you will receive activation instructions and entitlement information digitally, allowing for quick integration into your Cisco Smart Account.
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.