Cisco DNA Advantage for Catalyst 9000 Series
Cisco DNA Advantage provides essential software licensing for advanced network management and automation, ensuring your Cisco infrastructure operates at peak efficiency.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, user behavior, and application performance.
- Automated Policy Enforcement: Streamline network configuration and security policy deployment across your entire infrastructure.
- Proactive Threat Detection: Identify and mitigate security risks with integrated threat intelligence and analytics.
- Simplified Network Operations: Reduce manual tasks and operational overhead through intelligent automation and centralized management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Advantage is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced features for managing and automating Cisco network infrastructure. It provides capabilities for network visibility, policy automation, security, and analytics, designed to simplify operations and enhance performance.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-market businesses who need to maintain a secure, efficient, and compliant network. It integrates with Cisco Catalyst hardware, providing a unified platform for network control and management within their existing IT environment.
- Advanced Network Analytics: Monitor network health, performance, and user experience in real-time.
- Intent-Based Networking: Define desired network outcomes and let Cisco DNA Center automate the configuration.
- Integrated Security: Enforce security policies consistently across wired and wireless networks.
- Software Image Management: Simplify software updates and patching for network devices.
- Network Assurance: Proactively identify and resolve network issues before they impact users.
Empower your IT team with intelligent network automation and visibility, ensuring your business network is secure, reliable, and future-ready.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations and policy deployments across multiple sites. Streamline the provisioning of network services and reduce the time required for network changes.
multi-site deployments, centralized IT management, hybrid cloud environments, distributed workforce
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies and gain visibility into potential threats across the network. Protect sensitive business data by segmenting the network and applying granular access controls.
compliance-driven organizations, remote access security, IoT device security, zero-trust initiatives
Improve Network Performance and Reliability
Gain deep insights into network traffic patterns and application performance to proactively identify and resolve issues. Ensure business-critical applications have the necessary network resources for optimal operation.
performance-sensitive applications, high-availability requirements, proactive network monitoring, user experience optimization
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Automation
Reduces manual configuration tasks and speeds up network service deployment, freeing up IT staff for strategic initiatives.
Network Assurance Engine
Proactively identifies network issues and provides actionable insights, minimizing downtime and improving user experience.
Software Subscription Model
Provides access to the latest features and security updates, ensuring your network remains current and compliant without large upfront capital expenditures.
Integrated Security Features
Enhances the security posture of your network by enabling consistent policy enforcement and threat detection across the infrastructure.
Centralized Management Dashboard
Offers a single point of control for managing the entire network, simplifying operations and improving visibility.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Requires robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict regulatory standards for data protection and transaction integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Demands secure and reliable network operations to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure continuous access to critical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Benefits from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) environments and ensure production uptime.
Education & Research
Needs to manage large, diverse user populations and devices securely, while optimizing network performance for academic and research applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a subscription license that unlocks advanced software features for Cisco networking hardware, enabling automation, analytics, and enhanced security.
What hardware does this license apply to?
Based on the MPN E3N-C4500E-A, this license is intended for the Cisco Catalyst 4500E series of network switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis (e.g., annually or multi-year) rather than a one-time perpetual purchase.
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.