Cisco Catalyst 9350 24-Port Cloud Advantage License, 7-Year
This 7-year Cisco Cloud Advantage license for your Catalyst 9350 switches unlocks essential software features and ongoing support, ensuring your network infrastructure remains optimized and secure.
- Continuous Feature Access: Entitlement to advanced software capabilities and updates for your Cisco Catalyst 9350 switches throughout the license term.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees uninterrupted access to critical network functionalities and vendor support, minimizing downtime risks.
- Simplified Management: Streamlines software licensing and compliance, reducing administrative overhead for your IT team.
- Predictable Budgeting: Subscription-based billing provides clear, predictable operational expenses over the 7-year period.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Cloud Advantage License for the Catalyst 9350 series provides a 7-year subscription to essential software features and ongoing support. This license ensures your network devices have access to the latest software updates, security patches, and advanced functionalities required for modern business operations.
This license is designed for businesses that rely on their network infrastructure for daily operations, including IT Managers overseeing network health, and IT Professionals responsible for device management and security. It integrates directly with your Cisco Catalyst 9350 switches, providing a foundational layer of software capability and vendor assurance.
- Extended Software Access: Unlock and maintain access to advanced software features for 7 years.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from ongoing security updates and patches to protect your network.
- Reliable Support: Includes access to Cisco technical support for the duration of the license.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain compliance by ensuring devices run supported software versions.
- Cost Predictability: Subscription model offers predictable operational expenses over the license term.
This 7-year Cisco Cloud Advantage license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to ensure their network infrastructure is consistently updated, secure, and supported.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Features
Enable teams to utilize the full suite of advanced software capabilities offered by Cisco Catalyst 9350 switches. Streamline network operations with enhanced security, performance, and management tools throughout the 7-year license term.
On-premises network deployments, managed IT environments, business continuity planning, technology refresh cycles
Ensure Software Compliance and Security
Automate compliance with software licensing requirements by securing a long-term subscription. Protect your network against emerging threats with continuous access to security patches and software updates from Cisco.
Regulated industry environments, IT security posture management, risk mitigation strategies, long-term IT asset planning
Optimize IT Budget Predictability
Streamline IT budgeting with a predictable, subscription-based licensing model over a 7-year term. Reduce unexpected costs associated with software upgrades or support renewals for critical network hardware.
Operational expense (OpEx) focused IT departments, multi-year financial planning, SMB and mid-market IT budgets, infrastructure lifecycle management
Key Features
7-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term access to software features and support, simplifying planning and reducing the need for frequent renewals.
Access to Cisco Software Features
Unlocks advanced functionalities for enhanced network performance, security, and management capabilities on Catalyst 9350 switches.
Ongoing Software Updates and Patches
Ensures the network remains secure and performs optimally by providing timely access to the latest security fixes and software enhancements.
Cisco Technical Support Entitlement
Guarantees access to expert vendor support for troubleshooting and issue resolution throughout the license duration.
Subscription Billing Model
Offers predictable operational expenses, making IT budget management more straightforward for SMB and mid-market organizations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and high availability for their networks to ensure compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making continuous software updates and vendor support critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure the security of sensitive patient data, necessitating reliable network infrastructure with up-to-date security features and consistent uptime.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on stable and secure network connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems, where consistent performance and protection against cyber threats are paramount for uninterrupted production.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, dynamic user bases and require secure, scalable network infrastructure to support learning and research activities, benefiting from predictable costs and ongoing feature access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco Cloud Advantage License?
The Cisco Cloud Advantage License is a subscription service that provides 7 years of access to essential software features, updates, and technical support for specific Cisco network hardware, such as the Catalyst 9350 series switches.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, LIC-C9350-24A-7Y, is for Cisco Catalyst 9350 switches with 24 ports.
Why is a 7-year license beneficial?
A 7-year license offers long-term predictability for software access and support costs, ensuring your network infrastructure remains current and secure without frequent renewal cycles.
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.