Cisco DNA Advantage High Port Density License
This 7-year Cisco DNA Advantage license unlocks advanced network management and automation features for high port density environments, ensuring optimal performance and security for your business infrastructure.
- License Term: Enjoy 7 years of continuous access to advanced Cisco DNA features, simplifying budgeting and ensuring long-term operational continuity.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to high port density capabilities, enabling enhanced visibility, automation, and security across your network infrastructure.
- Compliance & Security: Maintain up-to-date software and security patches, crucial for meeting regulatory requirements and protecting sensitive business data.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management through automation and intelligent insights, reducing manual effort and minimizing the risk of human error.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco DNA Advantage High Port Density 7 Year License provides a subscription-based software entitlement for Cisco network platforms. This license unlocks advanced features focused on network assurance, security, and automation, specifically designed to manage environments with a high concentration of network ports.
This licensing is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for the performance, security, and efficient operation of their company's network infrastructure. It integrates with Cisco hardware to provide a unified management experience.
- Advanced Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance and user experience.
- Automated Network Management: Simplify configuration, provisioning, and policy enforcement.
- Enhanced Security Features: Implement granular security policies and threat detection.
- High Port Density Support: Optimized for switches and access points supporting a large number of connections.
- Subscription-Based Model: Predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and updates.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license offers SMB and mid-market teams enterprise-grade network management capabilities without the associated overhead, ensuring a secure and efficient network.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate network configuration, provisioning, and policy deployment across numerous devices. Streamline operations and reduce the potential for manual errors in complex network setups.
organizations with frequent network changes, businesses standardizing network configurations, teams managing large switch deployments, environments requiring consistent policy enforcement
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Streamline the monitoring of network health, performance, and user experience with advanced analytics. Gain proactive insights into potential issues before they impact business operations.
businesses reliant on network uptime, companies with distributed workforces, IT departments focused on performance optimization, environments with critical application performance needs
Strengthen Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of granular security policies and gain visibility into network threats. Protect sensitive business data and ensure compliance with security standards.
organizations handling sensitive customer data, businesses operating in regulated industries, companies implementing zero-trust security models, environments requiring centralized security management
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Assurance
Proactively identify and resolve network issues with AI-driven insights, minimizing downtime and improving user experience.
Cisco Stealthwatch Security
Gain visibility into network traffic and detect advanced threats, enhancing your organization's security posture.
High Port Density Optimization
Manage and secure networks with a large number of connected devices efficiently, ensuring scalability for business growth.
Software Subscription Model
Benefit from predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software innovations and security updates over a 7-year term.
Automated Device Provisioning
Accelerate network deployment and configuration with automated workflows, reducing manual effort and time-to-service.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This vertical requires robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by Cisco DNA Advantage features for network visibility and threat detection.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure critical systems remain operational, benefiting from DNA Assurance and advanced security.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve complex, high-density network setups for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring strong security and reliable performance that DNA Advantage can provide.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large numbers of users and devices across campuses, necessitating efficient network management, strong security for student data, and scalable infrastructure that DNA Advantage facilitates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that provides advanced capabilities for network management, automation, security, and analytics. It is designed to simplify and enhance the operation of Cisco networks.
What does 'High Port Density' refer to?
High Port Density refers to network devices, such as switches, that support a large number of physical connections or ports. This license is optimized for managing these types of high-capacity network infrastructure.
What hardware is this license compatible with?
This license is typically compatible with Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches and other Cisco networking hardware that supports DNA Advantage software. Specific compatibility should be verified based on your existing hardware model.
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.