Cisco CX L1 SW NO UPG SP F CORE AGG ADVANCED
This Cisco software subscription provides essential support and advanced features for your core aggregation network, ensuring continuous operation and compliance for your business.
- Access to: Essential software updates, patches, and technical support for your Cisco core aggregation switches.
- Coverage for: Ensuring your network infrastructure remains compliant with current software versions and security best practices.
- Protection against: Potential operational disruptions caused by software bugs or the need for timely feature enhancements.
- Entitlement to: Advanced features and capabilities that enhance the performance and manageability of your core network aggregation layer.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco platform software license, identified by SKU SD-L1SWF-ADVCA1U2, is a subscription-based offering that unlocks advanced capabilities and ensures ongoing support for your Cisco core aggregation switches. It provides access to critical software updates, patches, and technical assistance, maintaining the health and security of your network infrastructure.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations, this subscription is ideal for businesses that rely on a stable and performant core aggregation network. It integrates directly with your existing Cisco hardware, ensuring that your network operates efficiently and remains compliant with evolving technology standards.
- Advanced Software Access: Unlock the latest features and performance enhancements for your Cisco core aggregation hardware.
- Continuous Support: Receive timely technical assistance and troubleshooting from Cisco experts.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software versions to meet regulatory and security requirements.
- Operational Stability: Minimize downtime risks with access to patches and bug fixes.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable annual costs for ongoing software entitlements and support.
This Cisco software subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maintain a secure, compliant, and high-performing core network infrastructure without the overhead of enterprise-level management.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Features
Enable teams to unlock and utilize advanced functionalities within their Cisco core aggregation switches. Streamline network operations by ensuring access to the latest software capabilities for enhanced performance and management.
businesses with high-traffic network cores, organizations requiring granular traffic control, teams managing large data center interconnects, networks supporting critical business applications
Ensure Software Compliance and Security
Streamline the process of maintaining software compliance and security across your core aggregation network. Automate the deployment of necessary patches and updates to protect against emerging threats and meet regulatory requirements.
companies operating in regulated industries, businesses with strict security policies, organizations undergoing compliance audits, networks requiring up-to-date threat mitigation
Maintain Continuous Network Uptime
Automate the proactive maintenance of your core aggregation network to prevent unexpected downtime. Enable teams to quickly access support and software fixes, ensuring business continuity and uninterrupted service delivery.
businesses with 24/7 operational needs, organizations dependent on constant network availability, teams managing critical infrastructure, companies with service level agreements
Key Features
Cisco CX L1 Software Subscription
Provides ongoing access to software updates, patches, and technical support for your Cisco core aggregation switches, ensuring operational continuity and security.
Core Aggregation Advanced Features
Unlocks specialized functionalities designed to enhance the performance, scalability, and manageability of your network's core aggregation layer.
Subscription Billing Model
Offers predictable annual costs for software entitlements and support, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for your IT infrastructure.
Compliance and Security Updates
Ensures your network software remains current with the latest security patches and feature enhancements, helping to meet regulatory requirements and mitigate risks.
Technical Support Entitlement
Grants access to Cisco's expert technical assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution, minimizing potential downtime and accelerating problem-solving.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making advanced software support critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain continuous network operations for patient care systems and comply with HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust and up-to-date network software for data integrity and security.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, demanding reliable software performance and security to prevent production disruptions.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks supporting research, administration, and student services, requiring efficient software management and continuous uptime to ensure uninterrupted access to resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardware does this Cisco CX L1 SW license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco core aggregation switches. The specific hardware compatibility is determined by the Cisco product series and the features enabled by the 'CORE AGG ADVANCED' designation.
What is the term of this subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, typically renewed annually. The exact term and renewal process will be detailed in the purchase agreement and Statement of Work.
Does this license include hardware replacement?
No, this is a software license and support subscription. It provides access to software updates, patches, and technical assistance, but does not include hardware replacement. Hardware support is typically covered under separate service contracts.
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.