Cisco DNA Advantage for Catalyst 9500X Series
Cisco DNA Advantage for Catalyst 9500X provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities, ensuring your network operates at peak performance and compliance for a 1-year term.
- Advanced Network Automation: Streamline device provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement across your network infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security Features: Gain visibility into network traffic, detect threats, and enforce security policies to protect your business data.
- Intelligent Network Analytics: Utilize data-driven insights to monitor network health, troubleshoot issues proactively, and optimize user experience.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Benefit from flexible, scalable licensing that aligns with your operational needs and budget.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Advantage for Catalyst 9500X is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced features for Cisco's high-performance Catalyst 9500X Series switches. This license provides enhanced capabilities in network automation, security, and analytics, ensuring your network is intelligent, secure, and compliant.
This platform license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to manage complex network environments efficiently. It integrates with existing Cisco infrastructure, offering a unified platform for network operations and policy management.
- Automated Network Provisioning: Accelerate deployment of new network devices and services with automated workflows.
- Network Segmentation and Policy: Implement granular network segmentation and enforce security policies to isolate critical assets.
- Threat Detection and Mitigation: Proactively identify and respond to security threats with integrated visibility and control.
- Performance Monitoring and Optimization: Gain deep insights into network performance to troubleshoot issues and enhance user experience.
- Compliance and Auditing: Maintain regulatory compliance and simplify auditing with centralized policy management and reporting.
Empower your IT team with advanced network intelligence and control, delivering enterprise-grade network management without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate device provisioning, configuration updates, and policy enforcement across the network. Streamline network operations and reduce manual intervention time.
businesses with growing network infrastructure, organizations standardizing on Cisco hardware, teams managing distributed network locations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline threat detection and response by gaining deep visibility into network traffic and user behavior. Automate the enforcement of security policies to protect sensitive business data.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations with remote or hybrid workforces, businesses requiring granular access control
Optimize Network Performance and Health
Automate network monitoring and analytics to proactively identify and resolve performance issues. Enable IT professionals to optimize network resources for critical business applications.
businesses reliant on high network availability, organizations experiencing network performance degradation, teams seeking data-driven network insights
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a single pane of glass for network management, automation, and policy enforcement, simplifying complex operations.
Advanced Network Analytics
Offers deep insights into network performance and user experience, enabling proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Enables programmatic control of the network, allowing for dynamic policy changes and faster service deployment.
Security Policy Enforcement
Allows for granular segmentation and policy application to protect critical assets and sensitive data.
Subscription Licensing Model
Provides flexibility and scalability, aligning software costs with actual usage and business needs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Requires robust security, high availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all supported by advanced network management features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Demands secure and reliable network operations to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure continuous access to critical medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Benefits from network automation and segmentation to manage complex operational technology (OT) environments securely and efficiently, ensuring uptime for production lines.
Legal & Professional Services
Needs secure handling of confidential client information and reliable network performance for critical business applications, supported by strong security and compliance features.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco networking hardware, focusing on automation, security, and analytics to manage and optimize enterprise networks.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C9500X-DA-L-SMS1, is designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9500X Series switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, typically billed annually or for a multi-year term, providing ongoing access to features and support.
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.