Cisco Catalyst 9300L DNA Essentials License - 48 Port, 5 Year Term
Enhance your Cisco network infrastructure with Cisco DNA Essentials, providing advanced management and security capabilities for your 48-port switches over a 5-year term.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock intelligent network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9300L switches.
- Compliance and Security: Ensure your network adheres to security best practices and regulatory requirements with integrated threat defense and policy enforcement.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network operations through centralized management, automated provisioning, and simplified troubleshooting.
- Predictable Investment: Secure 5 years of access to essential software features and updates, ensuring your network remains current and protected.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Essentials license provides essential software capabilities for Cisco Catalyst 9300L series switches. It enables advanced network management, automation, and security features designed to simplify operations and enhance the performance and protection of your business network.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this subscription license integrates with your existing Cisco Catalyst 9300L hardware. It empowers your team to manage network policies, gain visibility into network traffic, and automate routine tasks, all within a secure and compliant framework.
- Network Automation: Automate device provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment across your network.
- Enhanced Security: Implement granular access control, threat detection, and security policy enforcement.
- Network Analytics: Gain insights into network performance, user behavior, and potential issues.
- Centralized Management: Manage network devices and policies from a single, unified platform.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates and access to new features throughout the 5-year license term.
Empower your IT team with essential network intelligence and automation, ensuring a secure and efficient network without the complexity of enterprise-grade solutions.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate repetitive network tasks, such as device provisioning and configuration updates, across their Cisco Catalyst 9300L switches. Streamline network deployments and reduce manual errors, leading to faster service delivery.
businesses with growing network needs, organizations standardizing on Cisco hardware, IT teams focused on efficiency
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and access controls across the network. Automate threat detection and response, protecting sensitive business data from evolving cyber threats.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations with compliance requirements, businesses seeking proactive threat management
Improve Network Visibility and Analytics
Enable IT professionals to gain deeper insights into network performance, traffic patterns, and user behavior. Automate the collection and analysis of network data to proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact operations.
businesses experiencing network performance issues, IT departments managing complex user environments, organizations focused on data-driven decision making
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Provides essential network automation, security, and analytics features for your Cisco Catalyst 9300L switches.
48-Port Support
Designed to cover all 48 ports on your Cisco Catalyst 9300L network switches.
5-Year Term License
Ensures continuous access to features and updates for a predictable 5-year period, simplifying budgeting and lifecycle management.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and speeds up deployment of network services.
Security Features
Enhances network defense with policy enforcement and threat visibility.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive data and meet regulatory mandates like PCI DSS and SOX, which DNA Essentials helps address through enhanced security and policy enforcement.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy under HIPAA and ensure network reliability for critical patient care systems, benefiting from DNA Essentials' security features and network visibility.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need secure networks for point-of-sale systems and guest Wi-Fi, and can leverage DNA Essentials for simplified management and enhanced security to protect customer transactions.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require efficient network management and security to protect student data and research resources, which DNA Essentials can provide through automation and policy control.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational capabilities for network automation, security, and analytics on Cisco Catalyst 9300L series switches. It is designed to simplify network management for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for Cisco Catalyst 9300L series switches with 48 ports. The MPN C9300L-DNA-E-48-5Y indicates its compatibility with 48-port models.
What is the benefit of a 5-year term license?
A 5-year term license provides predictable costs and ensures you have access to the latest software features and security updates for an extended period. This simplifies long-term planning and avoids the need for frequent renewals.
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.