Cisco Catalyst 3850 DNA Advantage License - 24 Port, 3 Year
Enhance your network infrastructure with Cisco DNA Advantage licensing, providing advanced features and management for your 24-port Catalyst 3850 switches over a 3-year term.
- Advanced Feature Access: Unlock sophisticated network automation, security, and analytics capabilities.
- Extended Term: Secure your network's advanced functionality with a consistent 3-year license.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and features, meeting evolving regulatory demands.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management and troubleshooting with intelligent insights.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription license provides advanced software features and capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It unlocks enhanced network automation, security policies, and visibility tools, ensuring your network operates at peak performance and remains compliant with industry standards.
Designed for businesses seeking to modernize their network operations, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals managing complex environments. It integrates with your existing Cisco hardware, offering a pathway to intelligent network management without the overhead of enterprise-scale solutions.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks and simplify network configuration.
- Enhanced Security: Implement granular security policies and threat detection.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance and user behavior.
- Centralized Management: Manage network policies and devices from a single platform.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates and feature enhancements throughout the license term.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing advanced network control and intelligence without enterprise complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network tasks, reducing manual configuration errors and freeing up IT resources. Streamline the deployment and management of network policies across multiple devices and locations.
businesses with distributed networks, organizations standardizing configurations, teams managing growth, IT departments with limited staff
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of granular security policies to protect sensitive business data from internal and external threats. Streamline threat detection and response with integrated security analytics and reporting.
companies handling sensitive data, organizations with compliance requirements, businesses adopting zero-trust principles, networks requiring segmentation
Gain Deeper Network Visibility and Analytics
Enable IT professionals to gain deep insights into network traffic patterns, application performance, and user behavior. Streamline troubleshooting by quickly identifying and resolving network bottlenecks and performance issues.
operations teams monitoring performance, businesses optimizing resource utilization, IT departments focused on user experience, networks experiencing performance degradation
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralize network management, automation, and policy enforcement for improved operational efficiency.
Advanced Security Features
Implement robust security policies, segmentation, and threat detection to protect your network and data.
Network Analytics and Assurance
Gain deep visibility into network performance and user experience, enabling proactive issue resolution.
Software Subscription Model
Benefit from continuous software updates, new features, and ongoing support throughout the license term.
Catalyst 3850 Platform Support
Unlock advanced capabilities specifically designed for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive customer data and meet stringent regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain high levels of network security and availability to protect patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure critical medical systems remain operational.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information, necessitating strong network security, data privacy, and reliable access to case management systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require reliable network performance and security for operational technology (OT) systems, with increasing needs for network visibility and automation to support smart factory initiatives.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that provides advanced features for network automation, security, and analytics on Cisco enterprise networking platforms. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance operational efficiency.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C3850-DNA-A-24-3Y, is for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches with 24 ports. The '3850' in the MPN indicates the platform compatibility.
What is the term of this license?
This is a 3-year term license. Your access to the DNA Advantage features and software updates is valid for three years from the activation date.
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.