Cisco DNA Advantage for IE 5000
Cisco DNA Advantage for IE 5000 provides essential software capabilities and ongoing support for your industrial network infrastructure, ensuring continuous operation and feature access.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deeper insights into your industrial network traffic and device performance.
- Automated Policy Enforcement: Streamline security and compliance by automating network access policies.
- Proactive Threat Detection: Improve security posture with advanced threat intelligence and analytics.
- Continuous Software Updates: Ensure your network benefits from the latest features, security patches, and performance enhancements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription license unlocks advanced software features and capabilities for your Cisco IE 5000 series industrial Ethernet switches. It provides access to enhanced network management, security, and automation tools designed to optimize the performance and resilience of your operational technology (OT) environments.
Ideal for IT managers and professionals in manufacturing, logistics, and other industrial sectors, this license integrates with your existing Cisco infrastructure. It helps bridge the gap between IT and OT by providing a unified platform for network control and visibility, essential for maintaining uptime and operational efficiency.
- Advanced Network Analytics: Monitor network health and performance with detailed telemetry.
- Security Policy Automation: Simplify the deployment and management of network security policies.
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Capabilities: Enable centralized control and programmability of your network.
- Compliance and Reporting Tools: Facilitate adherence to industry regulations and internal policies.
- Access to Cisco TAC Support: Receive expert technical assistance for issue resolution.
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription is designed for businesses seeking to modernize their industrial networks with enterprise-grade features without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate the deployment and management of network policies across their industrial sites. Streamline security configurations and reduce manual errors for consistent operational technology network control.
organizations with distributed industrial sites, businesses managing critical infrastructure, teams requiring consistent network configurations, companies focused on operational efficiency
Improve Network Security Posture
Automate security policy enforcement and gain deeper visibility into network traffic to detect and respond to threats faster. Protect sensitive operational data and ensure compliance with industry regulations.
businesses with strict security requirements, companies handling sensitive operational data, organizations needing to meet regulatory compliance, IT departments managing converged IT/OT networks
Gain Operational Visibility
Streamline network monitoring and gain actionable insights into the health and performance of industrial network devices. Proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact operations.
manufacturers seeking uptime guarantees, logistics companies optimizing operations, businesses with complex industrial control systems, IT teams focused on network performance
Key Features
Cisco DNA Assurance
Gain deep visibility into network health and performance, enabling proactive issue detection and faster resolution to minimize downtime.
Cisco DNA Automation
Automate network configuration and policy deployment, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency across your industrial network.
Security Features
Enhance your security posture with advanced threat detection and policy enforcement capabilities to protect critical operational data.
Subscription Licensing
Benefit from predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and security updates throughout the license term.
Cisco TAC Support
Receive expert technical assistance from Cisco's Technical Assistance Center to resolve network issues efficiently.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial Ethernet switches are critical for operational technology networks in manufacturing, requiring robust connectivity, security, and management features to ensure uptime and compliance.
Transportation & Logistics
This sector relies on reliable network infrastructure for tracking, management, and communication, making advanced visibility and automation features essential for operational efficiency.
Energy & Utilities
These industries often operate in harsh environments and require secure, resilient, and manageable network solutions to support critical infrastructure and regulatory compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
While often associated with IT networks, many retail and hospitality operations utilize industrial switches in back-end operations, warehousing, or specialized point-of-sale systems where robust management is key.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network management, automation, and security on Cisco enterprise networking hardware, including industrial switches like the IE 5000 series.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, identified by MPN E2N-IE5000H-G-A, is for the Cisco IE 5000 series industrial Ethernet switches.
What is the billing model?
This license is a subscription, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for the duration of the license term, typically annually or multi-year.
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.