Cisco DNA Advantage for C9300 High Ops
Cisco DNA Advantage for C9300 provides enhanced network visibility, automation, and security capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, device performance, and user activity to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Automated Operations: Streamline network configuration, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting with intelligent automation tools, reducing manual effort.
- Advanced Security: Implement robust security policies, threat detection, and access control to protect your network from evolving cyber threats.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain regulatory compliance and internal policy adherence through centralized management and detailed reporting capabilities.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Advantage for C9300 is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced features for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches. It provides enhanced network visibility, automation, and security capabilities, enabling IT teams to manage their network more effectively and efficiently.
This license is designed for businesses that rely on their network infrastructure for daily operations and require sophisticated tools for management and security. It integrates with existing Cisco environments, offering a unified platform for network control and insight, crucial for IT Managers and Professionals overseeing SMB and mid-market networks.
- Intelligent Network Insights: Access real-time analytics and reporting for better decision-making.
- Automated Workflows: Simplify routine tasks like provisioning, configuration, and policy updates.
- Proactive Threat Defense: Utilize advanced security features to detect and mitigate cyber threats.
- Centralized Management: Control and monitor your network from a single pane of glass.
- Scalable Performance: Ensure your network can adapt to growing business demands.
Empower your IT team with advanced network control and security, delivering enterprise-grade capabilities without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate routine network tasks such as device provisioning, configuration updates, and policy enforcement. Streamline network operations and reduce the potential for manual errors, ensuring consistent and reliable network performance.
businesses with growing network complexity, organizations seeking to reduce IT operational costs, teams managing distributed network infrastructure, companies prioritizing IT efficiency
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the implementation of security policies and gain enhanced visibility into network threats. Protect sensitive business data and ensure compliance with industry regulations through proactive threat detection and response capabilities.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations subject to regulatory compliance, businesses with remote or hybrid workforces, environments requiring robust access control
Gain Deeper Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the process of monitoring network health and performance with real-time analytics and reporting. Enable IT professionals to proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact business operations, minimizing downtime.
businesses reliant on network uptime, organizations experiencing performance bottlenecks, IT departments needing better network insights, companies focused on proactive IT management
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a centralized platform for network management, automation, and analytics, simplifying complex operations.
Network Assurance Engine
Offers intelligent insights into network health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution and improved user experience.
Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
Enables policy-based automation from edge to cloud, simplifying network segmentation and access control.
Advanced Threat Defense
Integrates security intelligence to detect and mitigate threats, protecting your network and data.
Subscription-based Licensing
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and support.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high network availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by advanced network management and security features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure continuous network uptime for critical patient care systems, benefiting from enhanced security and reliable network operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand reliable network performance for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, benefiting from automation and visibility to manage complex, often distributed, networks.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure network solutions to support teaching, research, and administrative functions efficiently.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco Catalyst switches, focusing on network automation, visibility, and security. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance operational efficiency for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C9300-DA-OPS, is for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches. It enhances the capabilities of these network devices.
How does this license benefit my business?
It helps your business by automating network tasks, improving security, providing better network insights, and ensuring compliance. This leads to reduced IT overhead, minimized downtime, and a more secure network environment.
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.