Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series LAN Base to IP Base Upgrade License
This Cisco license upgrade unlocks advanced IP Base features for your Catalyst 3850 Series switch, enhancing network routing and security capabilities.
- Feature Unlock: Gain access to advanced Layer 3 routing protocols and enhanced security features previously unavailable with LAN Base.
- Network Scalability: Prepare your network infrastructure for future growth by enabling more sophisticated traffic management and policy enforcement.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensure your network meets evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices by adopting advanced software features.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management and troubleshooting with expanded diagnostic tools and advanced configuration options.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is an electronic delivery license that upgrades Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switches from the LAN Base feature set to the more advanced IP Base feature set. It provides access to enhanced Layer 3 routing capabilities, improved security features, and greater network control, ensuring your network infrastructure is equipped for complex business demands.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are managing their own network infrastructure. It is ideal for businesses that require more advanced routing protocols, enhanced security policies, and greater network segmentation than what is offered by the base LAN feature set.
- Enhanced Routing: Enables advanced Layer 3 routing protocols for more sophisticated network design and traffic management.
- Improved Security: Unlocks enhanced security features for better network segmentation, access control, and threat mitigation.
- Scalability: Supports network growth by providing the foundation for more complex and demanding network services.
- Feature Parity: Allows for feature parity across different switch models within the Catalyst 3850 series.
- Compliance Ready: Helps meet stricter compliance requirements by enabling advanced network control and visibility features.
This license upgrade is essential for businesses seeking to maximize the potential of their Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switches and ensure their network infrastructure is robust and future-ready.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Layer 3 Routing
Enable teams to implement more sophisticated network designs using advanced Layer 3 routing protocols. This allows for better traffic management, network segmentation, and improved routing efficiency across the organization's network.
On-premises data centers, campus networks, multi-site branch offices, network infrastructure upgrades
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of advanced security policies and access controls across the network. This capability helps protect sensitive business data by enabling granular control over network traffic and user access.
Regulated environments, corporate networks with sensitive data, secure access requirements, threat mitigation strategies
Support Network Growth and Scalability
Automate the process of preparing the network for future expansion and increased traffic demands. This license provides the foundational features needed to scale network services and support a growing user base and application load.
Growing businesses, organizations planning IT expansion, networks supporting increasing user counts, infrastructure modernization projects
Key Features
IP Base Feature Set Activation
Unlocks advanced Layer 3 routing protocols and enhanced network management capabilities on Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switches.
Electronic Delivery
Provides quick and efficient access to the license, minimizing downtime and deployment delays for your network infrastructure.
Enhanced Security Features
Enables more granular security policies, access control lists, and network segmentation for improved data protection.
Scalability Support
Prepares your network for future growth by providing the necessary software features to handle increased traffic and complexity.
License Compliance
Ensures your network hardware is running with the appropriate software license, meeting vendor requirements and operational standards.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and high availability to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous trading operations, making advanced routing and security features essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating advanced network segmentation and security controls to protect patient information.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require reliable and scalable network infrastructure to support operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, demanding advanced routing for efficient data flow.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with many users and devices, benefiting from advanced routing and security to segment traffic and protect resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between LAN Base and IP Base licenses on Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches?
LAN Base offers fundamental Layer 2 switching capabilities. IP Base expands on this by adding essential Layer 3 routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP, along with enhanced security features and Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities.
How is this license delivered?
This is an electronic delivery license. Once purchased, you will receive instructions on how to download and activate the license for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switch.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series of switches. The MPN C3850-12-L-S indicates it is for a 12-port model within this series.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.