Cisco Control Plane Essentials 100K Session License
Cisco Control Plane Essentials provides essential licensing for managing network traffic capacity, enabling 100,000 active sessions on your ASR 5000 platform.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to critical control plane functionalities.
- Capacity Enabled: Supports up to 100,000 active sessions for robust network management.
- Platform Support: Specifically designed for Cisco ASR 5000 series platforms.
- Value Proposition: Ensures ongoing compliance and access to vital network control features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Control Plane Essentials license is a subscription-based software entitlement for the ASR 5000 platform. It unlocks essential control plane functionalities and enables the management of up to 100,000 active sessions, ensuring your network infrastructure operates efficiently and compliantly.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market companies utilize this license to maintain critical network operations, manage traffic flow, and adhere to service level agreements. It integrates directly into the ASR 5000 hardware, providing a foundational layer for network control and visibility.
- Enhanced Control Plane: Unlocks core features for managing network signaling and session establishment.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports a significant number of active sessions, accommodating growing business demands.
- Subscription Model: Provides flexible, ongoing access to software features and updates.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for optimal performance and integration with Cisco ASR 5000 series.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory adherence and operational stability.
This Cisco license is ideal for mid-market organizations needing reliable network control without the overhead of enterprise-level solutions.
What This Enables
Enable High Session Throughput
Enable teams to manage a large volume of concurrent network sessions, ensuring smooth data flow and user connectivity. Streamline the establishment and maintenance of network connections for critical business applications.
businesses with high user concurrency, organizations with VoIP services, companies utilizing real-time data applications, networks supporting remote workforces
Maintain Network Control and Stability
Automate the monitoring and management of control plane functions to prevent service disruptions. Ensure consistent network performance and reliability by proactively addressing session limits.
organizations with dedicated IT staff, businesses requiring high network uptime, companies managing complex network topologies, environments with fluctuating traffic demands
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Maintain adherence to Cisco's licensing requirements, avoiding potential penalties or service interruptions. Guarantee that your network infrastructure is properly licensed for its operational capacity.
businesses undergoing IT audits, companies with strict regulatory oversight, IT departments focused on risk mitigation, organizations standardizing on Cisco hardware
Key Features
100,000 Active Session Capacity
Supports a substantial number of concurrent network sessions, ensuring your network can handle peak loads and growing user demands without performance degradation.
Control Plane Functionality
Unlocks critical features for managing network signaling, session establishment, and overall network control, vital for maintaining service availability.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, ongoing access to software features and updates, allowing for predictable budgeting and continuous improvement of network capabilities.
Cisco ASR 5000 Platform Specific
Optimized for seamless integration and performance with the Cisco ASR 5000 series, ensuring compatibility and maximizing the value of your existing hardware investment.
Compliance and Stability
Helps maintain regulatory compliance and ensures the stable operation of your network infrastructure by providing the necessary licensed features.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network operations to handle sensitive data and high transaction volumes, making robust control plane management essential for compliance and uptime.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on uninterrupted network connectivity for patient care systems and data management, necessitating stable and scalable network infrastructure to meet critical operational demands.
Telecommunications & Utilities
These sectors manage vast networks with significant session loads, requiring advanced control plane capabilities to ensure service continuity, manage subscriber traffic, and meet stringent regulatory requirements.
Education & Research
Educational institutions and research facilities often support large, dynamic user bases and require scalable network solutions to manage concurrent connections for students, faculty, and research activities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a control plane license?
A control plane license enables the core functionalities required to manage network traffic, establish sessions, and maintain the signaling integrity of network devices. This specific license is for Cisco's ASR 5000 platform and supports 100,000 active sessions.
What does '100K SESS ACTIVE' mean?
This indicates that the license allows for up to 100,000 active network sessions to be managed by the Cisco ASR 5000 platform. Active sessions are the ongoing communications between devices or users on the network.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license. This model provides ongoing access to the licensed features and potential software updates for the duration of the subscription 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.