Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud Licensing
This Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud license provides essential network management capabilities for your business for a 3-year term.
- Coverage: Access to Cisco DNA Advantage software features for network automation and visibility.
- Term: 3-year subscription license ensuring continuous access to advanced network capabilities.
- Capacity: Supports up to 100 million network endpoints, suitable for large and growing infrastructures.
- Value: Enables proactive network management and enhances operational efficiency through cloud-based tools.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud License is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced network automation, visibility, and security features for your Cisco network infrastructure. This 3-year license provides entitlement to the Advantage tier of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture (DNA) software, enabling enhanced control and insights into your network operations.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for managing and optimizing their company's network. It integrates with Cisco's network hardware and software platforms, offering a centralized cloud-based management experience to streamline operations and ensure network health.
- Advanced Network Automation: Automate device provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement across your network.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, application performance, and user behavior.
- Cloud-Based Management: Manage your network from a centralized cloud platform for greater flexibility and scalability.
- Security Enhancements: Benefit from integrated security features to protect your network from threats.
- Compliance and Reporting: Maintain compliance with network policies and generate reports for auditing and analysis.
This Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud license is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to modernize their network management and gain greater control over their IT infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate repetitive network tasks, such as device provisioning and configuration updates. Streamline network operations and reduce the potential for human error in complex environments.
on-premises data centers, campus networks, branch offices, hybrid cloud deployments
Enhance Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the process of monitoring network health, application performance, and user experience. Automate the collection and analysis of network data to proactively identify and resolve issues.
distributed enterprise networks, IoT device management, secure access service edge (SASE) integration, software-defined networking (SDN)
Improve Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies across the network to protect against threats. Enable granular access control and segmentation to isolate critical assets and sensitive data.
zero trust network architecture, compliance-driven environments, remote workforce security, threat detection and response
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Platform Access
Provides a single pane of glass for network management, automation, and analytics, simplifying complex operations.
Network Automation Tools
Reduces manual configuration efforts, speeds up deployment of new services, and minimizes errors.
Advanced Network Analytics
Offers deep insights into network performance and user behavior, enabling proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Policy-Based Automation
Ensures consistent application of network policies across the entire infrastructure for better security and control.
Cloud-Based Subscription Model
Offers flexibility, scalability, and predictable costs for accessing the latest network management capabilities.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and high availability to protect sensitive data and ensure uninterrupted trading operations, making advanced network management crucial.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, demanding secure, reliable, and auditable network infrastructure for patient data management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve complex, distributed networks supporting critical operational technology (OT) and IT systems, requiring centralized management and automation for efficiency and uptime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, dynamic user bases and diverse network needs, benefiting from automated provisioning and enhanced visibility to support research and learning environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud?
Cisco DNA Advantage Cloud is a subscription license that provides advanced features for network automation, visibility, and security management through Cisco's Digital Network Architecture. It is designed to help businesses manage their networks more efficiently and effectively.
What does the 100M in the SKU refer to?
The '100M' in the SKU typically refers to the capacity of the license, often indicating support for up to 100 million network endpoints or a specific scale of network devices managed.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license with a 3-year term, as indicated by '3Y' in the SKU and the billing model. You will have access to the software features for the duration of the subscription.
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.