Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller High Availability Add-On License
This Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller High Availability Add-On license provides essential redundancy to ensure uninterrupted network control and management for your critical infrastructure.
- Continuous Operation: Access to redundant controller instances ensures your network management remains active even during hardware or software failures.
- Minimized Downtime: Coverage for failover scenarios significantly reduces the risk of service interruptions impacting business operations.
- Enhanced Resilience: Protection against single points of failure strengthens the overall stability and reliability of your network control plane.
- Entitlement to Redundancy: Gain the capability to deploy and manage a high availability pair of controllers for critical network functions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller High Availability Add-On is a platform software license that enables redundant controller deployment. This license is designed to ensure continuous operation of your network management and control functions by providing the necessary entitlements for a high availability configuration.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for maintaining the stability and uptime of their Cisco network infrastructure. It integrates directly with the Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller platform, enhancing its resilience.
- High Availability Configuration: Enables the deployment of a redundant controller pair for automatic failover.
- Uninterrupted Network Management: Ensures critical network control and visibility remain active during component failures.
- Reduced Operational Risk: Mitigates the impact of hardware or software issues on network services.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to high availability capabilities.
- Platform Software License: Extends the functionality of the Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller.
This high availability add-on license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to fortify their network control against disruptions.
What This Enables
Enable Continuous Network Control
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted network management and visibility even when primary controller hardware or software experiences an issue. This ensures that critical network functions continue to operate without manual intervention.
organizations with critical network uptime requirements, businesses managing complex Cisco environments, teams focused on network resilience
Streamline High Availability Deployment
Streamline the process of deploying a redundant network control solution by acquiring the necessary software entitlements in a single subscription. This simplifies procurement and configuration for IT staff.
businesses seeking simplified IT infrastructure management, organizations standardizing on Cisco platforms, teams with limited specialized high availability expertise
Automate Failover Processes
Automate the failover process between primary and secondary controllers, minimizing the impact of failures on network services and end-users. This ensures a rapid and seamless transition to the redundant system.
companies requiring rapid response to infrastructure failures, IT departments focused on proactive risk mitigation, environments with strict service level agreements
Key Features
High Availability Software License
Provides the entitlement to configure and operate a redundant Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller, ensuring continuous network management.
Subscription Billing
Offers flexible, ongoing access to high availability capabilities with predictable operational expenses.
Redundant Controller Pairing
Enables automatic failover to a secondary controller in case of primary controller failure, minimizing downtime.
Platform Software Add-On
Extends the functionality of the existing Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller, enhancing its reliability.
Reduced Operational Overhead
Simplifies the implementation of network resilience compared to building custom high availability solutions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require extremely high uptime for their trading platforms and customer-facing services, making network control resilience a critical compliance and operational necessity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on constant network availability for patient care systems, medical devices, and data access, where any interruption can have severe consequences.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations rely on continuous network connectivity for automation, control systems, and supply chain management, where downtime can lead to significant production losses.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies require reliable and secure network infrastructure to deliver essential public services and maintain operational continuity, often under strict regulatory oversight.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller High Availability Add-On?
It is a software license subscription that enables the Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller to operate in a redundant, high availability configuration. This ensures continuous network management and control even if the primary controller fails.
What type of billing model does this license use?
This license is offered on a subscription basis, providing ongoing access to the high availability features for the duration of the subscription term.
Does this license require specific hardware?
While the license enables high availability, the specific hardware requirements for the redundant controller pair are determined by the Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller platform specifications. This license provides the software entitlement for the HA configuration.
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.