Cisco Catalyst 3650 LAN Base to IP Services Upgrade License
This Cisco platform license upgrade unlocks advanced IP Services features for your Catalyst 3650 switches, enhancing network capabilities and ensuring compliance.
- Feature Unlock: Access to advanced routing protocols, QoS, and security features previously unavailable with LAN Base.
- Network Scalability: Enables more sophisticated network designs and supports a greater range of business applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meets requirements for advanced network services often mandated by industry regulations or internal policies.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines network management by providing a richer feature set on existing hardware.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco software license that upgrades the functionality of your Catalyst 3650 series switches from LAN Base to IP Services. It unlocks a more advanced feature set, including enhanced routing capabilities, Quality of Service (QoS) controls, and robust security options, ensuring your network infrastructure can support complex business demands.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to expand the capabilities of their existing Cisco switching hardware. It is ideal for businesses looking to implement more sophisticated network designs, improve traffic management, and enhance overall network security without a full hardware replacement.
- Advanced Routing: Enables support for dynamic routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.
- Enhanced QoS: Provides granular control over network traffic prioritization and management.
- Security Features: Unlocks advanced security functionalities for better network protection.
- Licensing Compliance: Ensures your network operates with the appropriate software entitlements.
- Platform Upgrade: Transforms existing hardware to support more demanding network services.
This license provides a cost-effective way for businesses to gain enterprise-level network features on their existing Cisco hardware, ensuring performance and compliance.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Routing
Enable teams to implement dynamic routing protocols like OSPF and EIGRP for more resilient and scalable network designs. Streamline inter-VLAN routing and optimize traffic flow across complex network topologies.
multi-site organizations, campus networks, data center interconnects, distributed enterprise environments
Enhance Quality of Service (QoS)
Streamline network traffic management by prioritizing critical business applications and voice/video traffic. Automate the allocation of network resources to ensure consistent performance for essential services.
voice over IP deployments, video conferencing infrastructure, real-time application support, performance-sensitive operations
Strengthen Network Security Posture
Enable teams to deploy advanced security features such as Access Control Lists (ACLs) and port security for granular network access control. Automate threat mitigation by implementing more sophisticated security policies directly on the switch.
compliance-driven environments, secure data handling operations, perimeter network segmentation, internal threat containment
Key Features
IP Services Feature Set
Unlocks advanced routing protocols, QoS, and security features for enhanced network control and performance.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable operational expenses and continuous access to software features and updates.
Catalyst 3650 Compatibility
Directly upgrades the capabilities of existing Cisco 3650 series switches, maximizing hardware investment.
Enhanced Network Design
Allows for more complex and resilient network architectures to support growing business needs.
Improved Traffic Management
Enables granular control over network traffic, ensuring optimal performance for critical applications.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high availability, and advanced traffic management to support critical trading and customer service operations, often necessitating IP Services features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need reliable and secure networks to manage patient data and critical medical devices, benefiting from advanced QoS and security features for compliance and operational efficiency.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often deploy complex networks for automation and control systems, requiring advanced routing and reliable performance that IP Services can provide.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions manage large, complex networks with diverse traffic needs, benefiting from the advanced routing and traffic control capabilities of IP Services for research and student services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between LAN Base and IP Services on Cisco switches?
LAN Base is a foundational operating system with essential Layer 2 switching features. IP Services is a more advanced feature set that includes Layer 3 routing capabilities, enhanced QoS, and more robust security options, suitable for complex network designs.
Does this license require a specific Cisco hardware model?
This license is specifically for the Cisco Catalyst 3650 series switches. The MPN C3650-24-L-E indicates it applies to a 24-port model within that series.
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is valid for a defined term, providing continuous access to features and support during that period.
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.