Cisco Catalyst 9500X 60-Port License with DNA Advantage
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription license unlocks advanced network automation and security features for your Catalyst 9500X platform, ensuring continuous operation and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Gain entitlement to sophisticated network automation, analytics, and security capabilities.
- Subscription Term: Provides continuous access to software features and updates for the duration of the subscription.
- Platform Specific: Directly applies to Cisco Catalyst 9500X series switches, enhancing their core functionality.
- Compliance and Security: Ensures your network adheres to the latest security protocols and operational standards.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Catalyst 9500X 60-Port DNA Advantage license is a subscription-based software entitlement that unlocks advanced features and capabilities for the Cisco Catalyst 9500X series network platform. This license provides access to enhanced automation, security, and analytics tools, crucial for modern enterprise network operations.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for managing and optimizing their network infrastructure. It integrates directly with the Cisco Catalyst 9500X hardware, providing a unified platform for network control and visibility.
- Enhanced Network Automation: Streamline provisioning, configuration, and management tasks.
- Advanced Security Features: Implement granular access controls and threat detection.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance and user behavior.
- Software Subscription: Ensures access to the latest software updates and feature enhancements.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to industry regulations and security best practices.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to elevate their network infrastructure with enterprise-grade automation and security.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations and policy deployments across their infrastructure. Streamline device provisioning and ongoing management to reduce operational burden and human error.
organizations with distributed network devices, teams managing multiple network segments, businesses standardizing on Cisco hardware, environments requiring rapid policy updates
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and advanced threat detection mechanisms. Automate the enforcement of compliance standards and security best practices across the network.
businesses handling sensitive data, organizations with strict regulatory requirements, environments needing centralized security control, companies prioritizing proactive threat mitigation
Gain Deeper Network Visibility and Analytics
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize traffic flow. Enable teams to proactively monitor user experience and application performance.
IT departments focused on performance optimization, organizations with critical business applications, environments with fluctuating user loads, businesses seeking data-driven network decisions
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a centralized platform for network automation, policy enforcement, and assurance, simplifying complex network management tasks.
Advanced Security Features (e.g., Trustworthy Solutions, Segmentation)
Enhances network security by enabling granular access control, threat detection, and secure segmentation to protect sensitive data.
Network Analytics and Telemetry
Offers deep insights into network health, performance, and user behavior, allowing for proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Software Subscription Model
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features, security updates, and technical support for the duration of the license term.
Platform-Specific Licensing
Tailored to unlock the full potential of Cisco Catalyst 9500X series switches, ensuring optimal performance and functionality.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by advanced network features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure uninterrupted access to critical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks, ensuring uptime and efficiency.
Education & Research
Educational institutions require scalable and secure networks to support a large number of users and devices, with features that aid in managing diverse network access needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco networking platforms, including automation, security, and analytics. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance operational efficiency.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, E3N-C9500X-X-A-60L, is for the Cisco Catalyst 9500X series switches, supporting 60 ports with DNA Advantage features.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is sold as a subscription, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for the duration of the license term, ensuring continuous access to features and updates.
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.