Cisco ASR 9K Smart License Advanced Option
This Cisco ASR 9000 Series electronic smart license subscription unlocks advanced operational capabilities and ensures ongoing feature access for your core network infrastructure.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced software features and ongoing updates.
- Platform Coverage: Applies to Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers, enhancing their routing and switching capabilities.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks advanced routing protocols, traffic management, and security features.
- Compliance & Support: Ensures your network operates with the latest software versions and vendor support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This electronic smart license provides advanced software options and subscription-based access for Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers. It is designed to unlock enhanced routing, traffic engineering, and operational capabilities, ensuring your network infrastructure can meet evolving demands.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in mid-market and enterprise environments utilize this license to maintain compliance, gain access to critical features, and ensure the continued optimal operation of their core routing platforms.
- Advanced Feature Access: Enables sophisticated routing protocols, QoS, and traffic management features.
- Subscription Model: Provides flexible, ongoing access to software updates and new capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain network compliance with current software versions and security patches.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines license management through electronic delivery and Cisco's Smart Licensing platform.
- Scalability: Supports the growth and evolving needs of high-performance network environments.
This advanced option is ideal for organizations needing to maximize their Cisco ASR 9000 Series investment with enhanced functionality and reliable software access.
What This Enables
Unlock Advanced Routing Capabilities
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated routing protocols and traffic engineering techniques. Streamline the management of complex network topologies and optimize data flow for critical applications.
high-performance networks, core routing infrastructure, traffic optimization, network segmentation
Ensure Software Compliance and Updates
Automate the process of staying current with Cisco's latest software releases and security patches. Protect against vulnerabilities and maintain regulatory compliance by operating on supported software versions.
regulated environments, security-conscious operations, long-term infrastructure planning, risk mitigation
Enhance Network Performance and QoS
Streamline the implementation of advanced Quality of Service (QoS) policies to prioritize critical traffic. Improve application performance and user experience by ensuring bandwidth allocation for essential services.
service delivery networks, application performance management, converged infrastructure, user experience focus
Key Features
Cisco Smart Licensing
Simplifies license management and activation, providing visibility and control over software entitlements.
Advanced Software Options
Unlocks sophisticated routing, traffic engineering, and QoS features for enhanced network control.
Subscription-Based Access
Provides ongoing access to software updates, new features, and security patches, ensuring the platform remains current.
Electronic Delivery
Enables quick and efficient deployment of the license without physical media.
ASR 9000 Series Platform Support
Specifically designed to enhance the capabilities of Cisco's high-performance ASR 9000 routers.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure networks with advanced traffic management to support high-frequency trading and sensitive data transmission, making advanced ASR 9000 features essential.
Telecommunications & Network Providers
Service providers rely on the ASR 9000 platform for core routing and service delivery, necessitating advanced features for traffic engineering, QoS, and network scalability to meet customer demands.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks demand reliable connectivity and low latency for operational technology (OT) systems, where advanced routing and QoS features on the ASR 9000 can ensure critical data flows are prioritized and protected.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need robust, secure, and compliant networks to handle sensitive patient data and support critical applications like telehealth, benefiting from the advanced capabilities and reliability of the ASR 9000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible and efficient licensing program that simplifies how you manage and deploy Cisco software. It allows for electronic delivery and management of licenses, reducing complexity.
What does 'Advanced Option' mean for this license?
The 'Advanced Option' signifies that this license unlocks a higher tier of features and capabilities beyond the base functionality of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series platform, often including advanced routing, traffic management, or security features.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This license is a subscription, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software features and updates for a defined term. This ensures you always have access to the latest capabilities.
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.