Cisco DefensePro X40-20G to X40-40G Upgrade License
This Cisco license upgrade expands your DefensePro X40 platform from 20 Gbps to 40 Gbps, significantly boosting your network's threat mitigation capacity.
- Expanded Capacity: Gain the ability to process up to 40 Gbps of traffic, ensuring your security infrastructure keeps pace with growing network demands.
- Enhanced Threat Mitigation: Unlock higher performance for real-time threat detection and response, protecting your business operations from sophisticated attacks.
- Scalability: Future-proof your security investment by scaling your existing platform to handle increased traffic volumes and evolving threat landscapes.
- License Compliance: Ensure your security platform operates at its intended capacity and remains compliant with vendor licensing requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco software license upgrade that transitions your existing DefensePro X40 platform from a 20 Gbps capacity to a 40 Gbps capacity. It enables your security appliance to handle double the traffic throughput for advanced threat protection services.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this upgrade to scale their network security infrastructure. It ensures their DefensePro appliance can effectively protect their internal business operations and data from increasingly complex cyber threats without requiring a full hardware replacement.
- Increased Throughput: Doubles the traffic processing capacity of your DefensePro X40 appliance.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Supports higher performance for all DefensePro security services, including DDoS mitigation and application-layer attack defense.
- Scalable Security: Allows your existing hardware investment to grow with your business needs and network traffic.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures uninterrupted security services even under heavy load or during large-scale attack events.
- License Management: Simplifies capacity scaling through a straightforward software license upgrade.
This license upgrade is the ideal solution for growing businesses needing to enhance their network security capacity without the cost of new hardware.
What This Enables
Increase Network Security Throughput
Enable teams to process higher volumes of network traffic through their existing DefensePro appliance. This ensures that advanced threat detection and mitigation services remain effective even under peak load conditions.
growing network traffic, high-volume data processing, performance-sensitive operations, business continuity planning
Enhance DDoS Mitigation Performance
Streamline the defense against Distributed Denial of Service attacks by allowing the DefensePro platform to handle larger attack volumes. This protects critical business applications and services from being overwhelmed and rendered inaccessible.
critical application availability, regulatory compliance, risk management, business resilience
Scale Security Infrastructure Cost-Effectively
Automate the expansion of security capabilities by upgrading the capacity of current hardware instead of purchasing new equipment. This provides a more economical path to scaling security infrastructure to meet evolving business demands.
budget-conscious IT departments, phased infrastructure growth, capital expenditure optimization, operational efficiency
Key Features
20 Gbps to 40 Gbps Throughput Upgrade
Doubles the traffic handling capacity of your existing DefensePro X40 appliance, ensuring performance under increased network load.
Enhanced Threat Mitigation Engine
Allows for more robust and faster real-time detection and blocking of sophisticated cyber threats, protecting your business operations.
Software-Based Capacity Expansion
Provides a cost-effective and efficient way to scale your security infrastructure without the need for new hardware procurement.
Continued Access to Security Services
Ensures that all DefensePro security features continue to function optimally at the higher throughput levels.
Vendor Support Eligibility
Maintains your appliance's eligibility for Cisco support and software updates, crucial for ongoing security and compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-throughput security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making increased capacity essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating robust security solutions capable of handling large data flows and preventing disruptions to critical patient care systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology (OT) environments are increasingly targeted, requiring high-capacity security to protect production lines and critical infrastructure from cyber threats without impacting operational performance.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses process significant volumes of customer transaction data and require continuous availability of their systems, making high-capacity security crucial for preventing service interruptions and protecting payment card information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this license?
This is a perpetual license upgrade for the capacity of your Cisco DefensePro X40 platform. The term of your support and subscription services for the platform will continue as per your existing agreement.
Does this upgrade require new hardware?
No, this is a software license upgrade that increases the capacity of your existing Cisco DefensePro X40 hardware. It is designed to extend the life and capability of your current security investment.
How is this license applied?
The license is typically applied by uploading a license file to the DefensePro appliance. Installation and configuration details will be provided by Cisco or your authorized partner.
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.