Cisco Catalyst 9500X 28C8D DNX EA3 Advantage License
The Cisco C9500X 28C8D DNX EA3 Advantage License provides essential software capabilities and ongoing support for your Cisco Catalyst 9500X series switches, ensuring continuous operation and access to advanced features.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock enhanced security, routing, and network management capabilities for your core network infrastructure.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from a defined license term, ensuring predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain software license compliance, avoiding potential disruptions and audit risks associated with outdated or unsupported software.
- Optimized Network Performance: Ensure your network operates at peak efficiency with access to the latest software features and vendor support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco C9500X 28C8D DNX EA3 Advantage License is a subscription-based software entitlement designed for Cisco Catalyst 9500X series switches. It unlocks a suite of advanced network features, including enhanced security protocols, sophisticated routing capabilities, and comprehensive network management tools, all while providing access to Cisco's technical support and software updates for the duration of the subscription term.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations who are responsible for maintaining and optimizing their organization's core network infrastructure. It ensures that their Cisco Catalyst 9500X switches are running the latest software, are compliant with licensing requirements, and have access to the necessary support to resolve issues quickly, thereby minimizing downtime and maintaining business operations.
- Advanced Feature Set: Enables sophisticated routing, enhanced security, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features.
- Subscription Billing: Provides a predictable operational expense model with continuous access to software updates and support.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 9500X series network switches, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
- Compliance and Support: Guarantees software license compliance and provides access to Cisco's expert technical assistance.
- Scalability and Performance: Supports network growth and ensures high performance for demanding business applications.
For mid-market organizations seeking to maximize their network investment, this Cisco Advantage license offers essential features and support to ensure a secure, reliable, and high-performing network infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Security Features
Enable teams to deploy enhanced security protocols and access controls on their core network switches. This protects sensitive business data and ensures compliance with internal security policies.
core network infrastructure, multi-VLAN environments, high-traffic data centers, campus networks
Streamline Network Management and Monitoring
Streamline network operations by providing IT professionals with advanced tools for monitoring, troubleshooting, and managing their Cisco Catalyst 9500X switches. This reduces manual effort and improves response times to network issues.
centralized IT management, distributed network deployments, performance-sensitive operations, IT resource optimization
Automate Routing and Traffic Optimization
Automate complex routing configurations and optimize traffic flow across the network to ensure critical business applications receive priority. This enhances user experience and application performance.
business-critical application delivery, high-availability network designs, converged network infrastructures, performance-driven environments
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Software
Provides access to advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9500X switches.
Subscription Term
Offers a predictable operational expense model for software licensing and ongoing support, ensuring continuous access to updates and vendor assistance.
Enhanced Security Features
Unlocks advanced security protocols and threat mitigation capabilities to protect your business network from evolving cyber threats.
Advanced Routing Capabilities
Enables sophisticated routing protocols and policy-based routing to optimize traffic flow and ensure application performance.
Cisco TAC Support Entitlement
Provides access to Cisco's Technical Assistance Center for expert support and issue resolution, minimizing network downtime.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure and reliable network infrastructure to protect sensitive transaction data and maintain compliance with strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must ensure the confidentiality and integrity of patient data (PHI) under HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust network security and high availability for critical medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand resilient and high-performance networks to support operational technology (OT) and ensure continuous production, often requiring advanced traffic management and security.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure network solutions to support academic and administrative functions while protecting student data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this Cisco Advantage license?
This is a subscription license with a defined term. The specific duration is determined at the time of purchase and is reflected in the billing cycle. Access to features and support is active for the duration of the subscription.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9500X series of network switches, identified by the 'C9500X' in the product data. It ensures compatibility and unlocks the full potential of these platforms.
How does this license ensure compliance?
By purchasing a legitimate subscription license, your organization ensures it is compliant with Cisco's software licensing policies. This avoids potential penalties, audit issues, and ensures you are running authorized software versions.
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.