Cisco DNA Advantage Low License for Catalyst 9500 Series
Cisco DNA Advantage Low licensing provides essential network automation, security, and assurance capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 series switches, ensuring continuous operation and compliance.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic and device performance for proactive issue resolution.
- Automated Policy Enforcement: Streamline network configuration and security policy deployment across your infrastructure.
- Proactive Threat Detection: Identify and mitigate security threats with integrated threat intelligence and analytics.
- Software Compliance: Maintain up-to-date software and access to the latest features and security patches.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage Low subscription license unlocks advanced software features for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance core and aggregation switches. It provides essential capabilities for network automation, security, and assurance, enabling IT teams to manage complex networks more efficiently and securely.
Designed for businesses that rely on their network for critical operations, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals overseeing SMB and mid-market environments. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, offering a pathway to a more intelligent and automated network infrastructure without the overhead of enterprise-scale solutions.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like configuration deployment and software updates.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular access controls and threat mitigation strategies.
- Network Assurance: Monitor network health and performance with real-time analytics and troubleshooting tools.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations through a unified management platform.
- Software Updates: Ensure access to the latest features, bug fixes, and security patches throughout the subscription term.
Empower your IT team with advanced network control and visibility, ensuring your business operations run smoothly and securely.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations and policy deployments across multiple devices. Streamline day-to-day operations and reduce the potential for human error in network management.
organizations with distributed network infrastructure, businesses standardizing on Cisco hardware, teams managing multiple network segments
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of advanced security policies and threat detection mechanisms. Automate the enforcement of access controls and segmentation to protect sensitive business data.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with evolving security threats, companies requiring granular network access control
Improve Network Visibility and Performance
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data for proactive issue identification. Enable teams to gain deep insights into traffic patterns and device health for optimized operations.
companies with performance-sensitive applications, businesses experiencing network slowdowns, IT departments focused on service uptime
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralize network management, automation, and analytics for improved operational efficiency.
Network Assurance Engine
Proactively monitor network health and performance, enabling faster troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Advanced Security Features
Enhance network security with granular policy enforcement, segmentation, and threat detection capabilities.
Software Subscription Model
Ensure continuous access to the latest software features, updates, and security patches throughout the license term.
Catalyst 9500 Series Compatibility
Unlock the full potential of your high-performance Cisco Catalyst 9500 core and aggregation switches.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict regulations, all of which are supported by advanced network management features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data and ensure continuous operation of critical medical systems, demanding advanced visibility and control.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors rely on networks for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer experiences, necessitating efficient management and strong security to handle transactions and data.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments require highly reliable and secure networks to support operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, benefiting from automation and performance assurance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage Low?
Cisco DNA Advantage Low is a subscription license that unlocks advanced software features for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches. It provides capabilities for network automation, security, and assurance.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series platform, including models with 12 or 16 SFP+ ports.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, billed on a quarterly basis, providing continuous access to features and support.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.