Cisco Data Center Switching SAN Software Subscription 5 Year
This 5-year Cisco software subscription provides immediate access to essential features and ongoing support for your Data Center Switching SAN environment, ensuring operational continuity.
- License Term: Enjoy 5 years of continuous software access and support, simplifying budget planning.
- Feature Entitlement: Unlock critical functionalities and performance enhancements for your SAN switching.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to regulatory requirements and vendor support standards.
- Operational Stability: Guarantee continued operation and access to necessary software updates and patches.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco platform software license provides a 5-year subscription for Data Center Switching SAN environments. It ensures immediate access to necessary software features and ongoing support, crucial for maintaining compliance and operational efficiency.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations, this subscription integrates directly into your existing data center network infrastructure, providing a predictable cost model for essential software capabilities.
- Subscription Term: A 5-year commitment provides long-term access and predictable budgeting.
- Immediate Access: Unlock required software features and functionalities without delay.
- Data Center Focus: Specifically tailored for Cisco Data Center Switching SAN environments.
- Compliance Ready: Helps meet vendor support requirements and potential regulatory needs.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your switching infrastructure remains supported and up-to-date.
This Cisco software subscription is the ideal solution for businesses seeking reliable, compliant, and cost-effective access to essential data center switching capabilities.
What This Enables
Ensuring Data Center Network Compliance
Enable teams to maintain compliance with vendor support policies and industry regulations by ensuring their Cisco SAN switching software is licensed and up-to-date. This prevents potential audit failures and operational disruptions.
organizations with regulatory oversight, businesses requiring vendor support, companies managing critical infrastructure, environments with strict uptime requirements
Accessing Advanced SAN Switching Features
Streamline the unlocking of advanced functionalities and performance enhancements within Cisco Data Center Switching SAN platforms. This allows IT professionals to optimize network performance and capabilities without additional hardware purchases.
businesses seeking performance optimization, teams managing complex storage networks, organizations with evolving data demands, environments requiring specialized SAN features
Guaranteeing Continuous Operational Uptime
Automate the process of maintaining software support for critical SAN switching components, thereby protecting against unexpected downtime due to unsupported hardware or software. This ensures business continuity for data-intensive operations.
companies with high availability requirements, organizations dependent on storage networks, businesses with minimal IT staffing, environments prioritizing data integrity
Key Features
5-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term software access and predictable budgeting for critical SAN infrastructure.
Immediate Feature Access
Unlocks necessary software capabilities and enhancements without delay, improving operational efficiency.
Data Center SAN Specific
Tailored for Cisco Data Center Switching SAN environments, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
Compliance and Support
Helps maintain vendor support status and meet potential regulatory requirements for data center operations.
Subscription Billing
Offers a cost-effective, operational expense model for essential software licensing.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions rely heavily on secure and highly available SAN infrastructure for transaction processing and data management, requiring continuous vendor support and compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations manage vast amounts of sensitive patient data, necessitating robust, compliant, and continuously supported SAN solutions to ensure data integrity and regulatory adherence.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often depend on real-time data from production lines and supply chains, requiring stable and supported SAN switching for uninterrupted operations and data flow.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups manage large volumes of customer and operational data, benefiting from supported SAN solutions to ensure point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer databases remain accessible.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 'WPA PURPOSES ONLY' mean in the title?
This likely refers to a specific internal Cisco designation or licensing program. For the end-user, it signifies a software license subscription for Cisco Data Center Switching SAN products.
What specific Cisco SAN switching hardware does this license apply to?
The MPN 'WPA-SAN-5Y-OALIC-C' suggests it is for SAN (Storage Area Network) switching. Specific compatibility details would be found in Cisco's product documentation for the relevant hardware series.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license with a 5-year term, as indicated by '5Y' and the billing type 'SUBSCRIPTION'.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.