Cisco Catalyst 3850 DNA Advantage License
The Cisco Catalyst 3850 DNA Advantage license provides advanced network management and automation features for your Cisco 3850 series switches over a 7-year term.
- Advanced Features: Unlock intelligent network automation, security enhancements, and advanced analytics capabilities.
- Extended Term: Secure 7 years of access to software updates, new features, and ongoing support.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and security patches to meet regulatory requirements.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management tasks and reduce manual configuration efforts.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Catalyst 3850 DNA Advantage license subscription unlocks the full suite of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture features for your Catalyst 3850 series switches. It provides enhanced capabilities for network automation, programmability, security, and analytics, ensuring your network infrastructure is optimized for modern business demands.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates directly with your existing Cisco 3850 hardware. It enables proactive network management, simplifies deployment, and ensures your network supports critical business applications and services without the overhead of enterprise-level infrastructure.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement.
- Enhanced Security: Implement advanced security features for threat detection and mitigation.
- Intelligent Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance and user behavior.
- Software Updates: Receive continuous access to the latest software features and security patches.
- Simplified Management: Centralize network control and visibility through Cisco DNA Center.
This 7-year DNA Advantage license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their network infrastructure with enterprise-grade features.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Programmability
Enable teams to automate routine network tasks, reducing manual effort and configuration errors. Streamline the deployment and management of network policies across the infrastructure.
organizations with growing network complexity, businesses standardizing IT operations, teams managing distributed network sites
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies and gain visibility into potential threats across the network. Protect sensitive business data by ensuring devices are running the latest secure software versions.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with remote or mobile workforces, companies subject to data privacy regulations
Improve Network Performance Monitoring
Streamline the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize user experience. Gain actionable insights to proactively address potential issues before they impact operations.
companies reliant on network uptime for critical applications, businesses seeking to improve employee productivity, organizations with performance-sensitive workloads
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Software
Unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your Catalyst 3850 switches.
7-Year Term License
Provides long-term access to software updates, new features, and ongoing support, ensuring continued value and operational stability.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and minimizes human error, leading to faster deployments and consistent policy enforcement.
Advanced Security Features
Enhances the network's defense against threats through intelligent segmentation and policy-based security controls.
Network Analytics
Offers deep insights into network health and user behavior, enabling proactive issue resolution and performance optimization.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security and compliance to protect sensitive financial data and adhere to strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain high levels of network security and data privacy (HIPAA) while ensuring continuous availability for critical patient care systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms handle confidential client information and require secure, reliable network operations to maintain client trust and operational efficiency.
Manufacturing & Industrial
These environments benefit from network automation and analytics to optimize production processes, ensure uptime, and manage increasingly connected industrial control systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network automation, security, and analytics on Cisco Catalyst switches. It is designed to simplify network management and improve operational efficiency.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license is for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 series of switches. The MPN indicates it is for a low-port count configuration.
What is the benefit of a 7-year term license?
A 7-year term provides predictable costs and ensures continuous access to software updates, security patches, and new features for an extended period, safeguarding your investment and network security.
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.