Cisco CORE & AGGR ESSENTIALS SIA PER 400G
This Cisco platform software license subscription provides essential capabilities for your core and aggregation network infrastructure over a 1 to 35-month term.
- License Term: Flexible 1 to 35-month subscription options to align with your budget and operational needs.
- Core Functionality: Unlocks essential features and capacity for your Cisco core and aggregation network devices.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures your network software is licensed correctly, avoiding operational disruptions and audit risks.
- Continuous Access: Provides ongoing access to necessary software features and potential updates for network stability.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco CORE & AGGR ESSENTIALS SIA PER 400G is a platform software license subscription designed to enable critical functionalities within your network's core and aggregation layers. It provides the necessary software entitlements for operating and managing high-capacity 400G interfaces, ensuring your network infrastructure is properly licensed and equipped for essential operations.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for maintaining and upgrading their network backbone. It fits into environments where robust and reliable core network services are paramount, ensuring business continuity and performance for internal operations.
- Essential Feature Access: Grants entitlement to core software features required for 400G interfaces in aggregation and core network roles.
- Subscription Flexibility: Offered on a 1 to 35-month term, allowing for adaptable budgeting and lifecycle management.
- Network Compliance: Guarantees that your use of Cisco software on specific hardware is fully licensed and compliant.
- Operational Continuity: Supports the ongoing, stable operation of critical network functions by ensuring proper software licensing.
- Scalable Capacity: Enables the use of 400G interfaces, supporting high-throughput demands within the network core.
Secure essential network capabilities and maintain compliance with this flexible Cisco software subscription, perfect for growing SMB and mid-market businesses.
What This Enables
Enable High-Speed Network Core Operations
Enable teams to deploy and manage 400G interfaces within their network core and aggregation layers. Streamline the activation of essential software features required for high-throughput data transmission and routing.
On-premises data centers, enterprise campus networks, service provider edge deployments
Ensure Network Software Compliance
Automate the process of maintaining software license compliance for critical network infrastructure. Protect against potential audit findings and operational disruptions caused by unlicensed software.
Regulated industries requiring strict IT asset management, businesses undergoing IT infrastructure audits, organizations with centralized IT governance
Support Network Performance and Stability
Streamline the access to necessary software features that ensure the stability and optimal performance of 400G network links. Maintain consistent connectivity and data flow for business-critical applications.
High-availability network environments, businesses with performance-sensitive applications, organizations requiring predictable network behavior
Key Features
400G Interface Support
Enables high-speed data transmission critical for modern network backbones and data center interconnects.
Core & Aggregation Essentials
Provides the fundamental software features required for these vital network layers, ensuring proper functionality.
Subscription Licensing
Offers a flexible, OpEx-friendly model that aligns costs with usage and allows for easier budget management.
1-35 Month Term
Allows businesses to choose a subscription duration that best fits their project timelines and financial planning.
Cisco Software Entitlement
Ensures legal compliance and access to necessary software capabilities, reducing risk and supporting network stability.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and high transaction volumes, making robust core and aggregation capabilities essential for compliance and performance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on high-speed, low-latency networks for operational technology (OT) and data processing, necessitating performant core network components to support automation and real-time analytics.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations manage vast amounts of patient data and critical medical systems, demanding secure, compliant, and high-capacity networks to ensure uninterrupted service and data integrity.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions require significant network bandwidth to support data-intensive research, online learning platforms, and large user populations, making efficient core and aggregation layers crucial.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 'SIA' stand for in this license?
SIA typically refers to 'Software Subscription' or 'Software IaaS' in Cisco's licensing context, indicating a subscription-based software entitlement.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco network devices that support 400G interfaces and are intended for core and aggregation roles. Specific compatibility should be verified against Cisco's compatibility matrices for the ESS-W-400G-SIA-ST part number.
Can I renew this license after the initial term?
Yes, subscription licenses are typically renewable. The specific renewal process and terms will be available at the time of purchase and upon renewal.
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.