Cisco Cloud Hosted vSmart Node Subscription
The Cisco Cloud Hosted vSmart Node Subscription provides essential cloud-based control and management for your Cisco SD-WAN environment, ensuring network visibility and policy enforcement for up to 5000 devices.
- Centralized Control: Access to a cloud-hosted vSmart controller for simplified SD-WAN policy management and orchestration.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, application performance, and security posture across your distributed network.
- Policy Enforcement: Ensure consistent application of security and routing policies across all branches and remote sites.
- Scalable Management: Supports large-scale deployments, allowing for efficient management of up to 5000 devices within your SD-WAN fabric.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Cloud Hosted vSmart Node Subscription provides a cloud-based control plane for your Cisco SD-WAN solution. It enables centralized management, policy orchestration, and network visibility, ensuring your Wide Area Network operates efficiently and securely.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this subscription integrates into your existing network infrastructure, offering enterprise-grade SD-WAN capabilities without the need for on-premises hardware for the controller itself.
- Cloud-Hosted Control Plane: Eliminates the need for on-premises vSmart controller hardware, reducing infrastructure costs and complexity.
- Centralized Policy Management: Define and deploy network-wide policies from a single pane of glass for consistent security and routing.
- Real-time Network Visibility: Monitor network health, performance, and application usage to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Automated Orchestration: Streamline the deployment and management of your SD-WAN fabric, reducing manual configuration efforts.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Provides predictable costs and access to the latest software features and updates.
This subscription is ideal for businesses seeking to modernize their network with SD-WAN, offering simplified management and enhanced control for their IT operations.
What This Enables
Enable Centralized SD-WAN Policy Management
Enable teams to define and deploy consistent routing and security policies across their entire SD-WAN fabric from a single cloud-based console. This ensures uniform network behavior and compliance regardless of user location or device.
distributed workforce, multi-site operations, cloud-first strategy, hybrid cloud environment
Streamline Network Visibility and Monitoring
Streamline the process of monitoring network health, application performance, and security events across all connected sites. Gain actionable insights to proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact users.
remote office connectivity, branch network management, performance-sensitive applications, IT operations monitoring
Automate SD-WAN Fabric Orchestration
Automate the deployment and management of SD-WAN edge devices and policies, reducing manual configuration time and the risk of human error. This allows IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine tasks.
rapid network expansion, large-scale deployments, IT resource optimization, standardized branch deployments
Key Features
Cloud-Hosted vSmart Controller
Reduces on-premises hardware footprint and management overhead, providing a scalable and resilient control plane.
Centralized Policy Orchestration
Enables consistent application of security, QoS, and routing policies across the entire network, simplifying management and enhancing security.
Real-time Network Analytics
Provides deep visibility into network performance and application usage, allowing for proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Automated Device Onboarding
Simplifies the deployment of new branch sites and devices, accelerating network expansion and reducing configuration errors.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable operational expenses and ensures access to the latest software features and support.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure and reliable network connectivity to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need to maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure the secure transmission of patient data, making robust network security and policy enforcement critical.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors often operate numerous distributed locations and require consistent network performance and security for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing services.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from reliable connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, requiring secure and stable network segmentation and policy control.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a vSmart controller in Cisco SD-WAN?
A vSmart controller is the centralized brain of the Cisco SD-WAN solution. It manages and distributes policies, enabling centralized control and orchestration of the entire SD-WAN fabric.
What is the difference between on-premises and cloud-hosted vSmart?
An on-premises vSmart controller requires dedicated hardware within your data center, while a cloud-hosted vSmart controller is managed by Cisco in their cloud infrastructure, reducing your hardware and management burden.
What is the term for this subscription?
This is an annual subscription, billed on a recurring basis, providing continuous access to the cloud-hosted vSmart service and its associated software 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.