Cisco Cloud Native Control Advanced to Premium Upgrade License
This Cisco Cloud Native Control license upgrade provides access to Premium features, ensuring your network infrastructure remains compliant and fully functional for your business operations.
- Access to Premium Features: Unlock advanced functionalities and enhanced control capabilities for your Cisco network environment.
- Continued Operation: Maintain uninterrupted service and support for critical business applications and network services.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensure your network licensing meets current vendor requirements and regulatory standards.
- Scalability and Performance: Support growing business demands with upgraded platform capabilities and optimized performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco Cloud Native Control (CNC) platform software license upgrade, specifically moving from an Advanced tier to a Premium tier. It is a subscription-based license that unlocks enhanced features and capabilities for managing your Cisco network infrastructure.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are already utilizing Cisco's CNC platform. It ensures they have the necessary entitlements to operate and manage their network effectively, supporting business-critical applications and data.
- Feature Unlock: Grants access to the full suite of Premium features within Cisco Cloud Native Control.
- Subscription Billing: Operates on a recurring subscription model for predictable IT budgeting.
- Platform Specific: Applies to Cisco's Cloud Native Control platform, enhancing its management capabilities.
- Compliance Management: Helps maintain adherence to software licensing agreements and vendor support policies.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures continued access to essential network management tools and vendor support.
This license upgrade is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maximize their investment in Cisco's network management solutions.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Control Features
Enable teams to deploy and manage complex network configurations with advanced visibility and policy enforcement. Streamline the rollout of new network services and security protocols across the organization.
On-premises data centers, hybrid cloud environments, distributed branch offices, virtualized network functions
Ensure Licensing Compliance and Support
Automate the tracking of software entitlements to prevent licensing lapses and associated audit risks. Maintain access to vendor support for timely issue resolution and critical updates.
Regulated business operations, IT environments with strict change control, organizations with vendor audits
Enhance Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the collection and analysis of network performance data for proactive issue detection. Automate reporting on key network metrics to inform capacity planning and operational improvements.
Performance-sensitive applications, large-scale network deployments, IT teams focused on operational efficiency
Key Features
Cisco Cloud Native Control Premium Tier Features
Gain access to advanced functionalities for network management, security, and automation, enhancing operational efficiency and control.
Subscription-based Licensing
Benefit from predictable operational expenses and continuous access to the latest software updates and features without large capital outlays.
Platform Upgrade
Elevate your existing Cisco CNC platform to a higher service level, ensuring continued support and access to premium capabilities.
Vendor Support Entitlement
Maintain eligibility for Cisco's technical support, ensuring prompt assistance for any network-related issues.
Compliance and Audit Readiness
Ensure your software licensing is up-to-date and compliant with vendor terms, mitigating risks associated with audits.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security, high availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by advanced network control features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating secure, reliable, and compliant network operations for critical medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and secure networks for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, demanding advanced control for uptime and data integrity in production settings.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with many users and devices, requiring scalable and efficient management tools to ensure connectivity and security across campus.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Cisco CNC Advanced and Premium?
The Premium tier typically includes a broader set of advanced features for network automation, analytics, and security compared to the Advanced tier. Specific feature differences are detailed in Cisco's product documentation.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for the use of the software and access to updates and support over a defined term.
What hardware or platform does this license apply to?
This license applies to Cisco's Cloud Native Control (CNC) platform. It is a software license and does not directly correspond to specific hardware models but enhances the management capabilities of your Cisco network infrastructure.
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.