Cisco Control Plane Advantage 100K Session License
The Cisco Control Plane Advantage 100K Session License provides essential software capabilities for managing high-volume network traffic, ensuring operational continuity and compliance for your business network.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced control plane features for a defined period, ensuring ongoing access to critical network management tools.
- Capacity: Enables management and processing of up to 100,000 concurrent sessions, suitable for mid-sized to large business network demands.
- Platform Support: Specifically designed for Cisco's ASR 5000 series platforms, ensuring compatibility and optimized performance within your existing Cisco infrastructure.
- Value: Maintains network stability, enhances security posture, and ensures regulatory compliance by providing up-to-date software features and support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Control Plane Advantage license provides subscription-based access to essential software features for managing network control plane functions on Cisco ASR 5000 series platforms. It unlocks capabilities necessary for handling up to 100,000 concurrent sessions, ensuring your network infrastructure operates efficiently and securely.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise environments utilize this license to maintain compliance, gain access to critical network management tools, and ensure the continued operation of their core network services. It integrates directly into their existing Cisco hardware deployments.
- Enhanced Control Plane Management: Unlock advanced features for managing network traffic flow and signaling.
- Subscription Licensing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to software updates and features through a recurring billing model.
- Scalable Session Capacity: Supports up to 100,000 concurrent sessions, accommodating significant network loads.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco ASR 5000 series platforms, ensuring optimal integration and performance.
- Compliance and Stability: Ensures your network adheres to operational standards and maintains high availability.
This Cisco license is the right choice for mid-market teams needing to manage complex network control plane functions without the overhead of enterprise-level infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Traffic Management
Enable teams to manage and optimize complex network traffic flows and signaling protocols. Streamline the handling of up to 100,000 concurrent sessions for improved network performance and reliability.
Core network infrastructure, high-traffic data centers, service provider edge deployments
Ensure Software Compliance and Feature Access
Automate access to the latest software features and security updates required for network compliance. Maintain adherence to industry standards and vendor support requirements through a subscription model.
Regulated environments, businesses with strict IT governance, organizations requiring vendor support
Maintain Network Stability and Uptime
Streamline the operation of critical network control plane functions to prevent service disruptions. Ensure continuous network availability for business-critical applications and services.
Business-critical operations, networks supporting customer-facing services, environments with high uptime SLAs
Key Features
100,000 Session Capacity
Supports a high volume of concurrent network sessions, ensuring performance for demanding business operations.
Subscription Licensing
Provides continuous access to software updates and features, ensuring compliance and access to the latest technology.
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Platform Support
Guarantees compatibility and optimized performance with your existing Cisco network hardware.
Control Plane Management Features
Unlocks advanced capabilities for managing network traffic, signaling, and routing.
Vendor Support Entitlement
Ensures access to Cisco's technical support for issue resolution and expert guidance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and high transaction volumes, making advanced control plane management essential for compliance and uptime.
Telecommunications & Utilities
These sectors rely on robust network control for managing vast amounts of data traffic and ensuring continuous service delivery, often with strict regulatory compliance requirements.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, stable networks to manage patient data and critical medical systems, where network availability and data integrity are paramount.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations depend on consistent network performance for automation, IoT devices, and real-time data processing, requiring reliable control plane functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a control plane license?
A control plane license enables specific software features and functionalities related to how network devices manage traffic flow, routing, and signaling. This license allows for the management of a defined number of concurrent sessions.
What does '100K Session' mean?
This indicates the license supports up to 100,000 concurrent network sessions. This capacity is crucial for networks handling a large volume of data traffic and user connections.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software features and updates for a defined term.
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.