Cisco DNA Advantage Platform License
Cisco DNA Advantage Platform Licensing provides advanced network automation and security capabilities for your business network over a 5-year term.
- Advanced Automation: Streamline network configuration, provisioning, and policy enforcement across your infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security: Implement granular access controls, threat detection, and policy-based segmentation to protect your network.
- Centralized Management: Gain a unified view and control of your network devices and services from a single platform.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and features, helping to meet regulatory and security standards.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage Platform License subscription unlocks advanced software features for network management and automation. It provides capabilities for intent-based networking, enabling greater visibility, automation, and security across your wired and wireless infrastructure for up to 5 million endpoints over a 5-year term.
Designed for IT professionals and managers in small to enterprise-sized businesses, this license integrates with Cisco hardware to transform network operations. It supports organizations looking to simplify complex network tasks, improve security posture, and ensure their network infrastructure remains current and compliant.
- Intent-Based Networking: Define desired business outcomes and let the network automatically translate them into policy.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning, configuration, and software updates.
- Advanced Security Features: Integrate security policies directly into network access and segmentation.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and potential issues.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates, new features, and ongoing support as part of the subscription.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is the ideal choice for businesses seeking to modernize their network with intelligent automation and robust security without the overhead of traditional enterprise solutions.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of network devices. Streamline network-wide policy deployment and ensure consistent configurations across the infrastructure.
organizations with distributed sites, businesses managing complex network topologies, teams requiring rapid deployment of network services
Enhance Network Security and Compliance
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and network segmentation to protect sensitive data. Automate compliance checks and maintain up-to-date software to meet regulatory requirements.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations operating in regulated industries, companies with a focus on zero-trust security models
Improve Network Visibility and Analytics
Enable IT professionals to gain deep insights into network performance, user activity, and application usage. Automate the collection and analysis of network data to proactively identify and resolve issues.
teams managing performance-sensitive applications, organizations seeking to optimize network resource utilization, businesses needing to troubleshoot network problems efficiently
Key Features
Intent-Based Networking
Define desired network behavior and let the system automatically enforce it, reducing manual configuration errors and accelerating service delivery.
Network Automation
Automate repetitive tasks like device onboarding, configuration changes, and software updates, freeing up IT staff for strategic initiatives.
Advanced Security
Implement granular access controls and network segmentation to isolate threats and protect critical assets.
Centralized Management
Gain a single pane of glass for managing wired and wireless networks, simplifying operations and improving visibility.
Subscription Licensing
Benefit from continuous access to new features, software updates, and ongoing support, ensuring your network remains current and secure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This vertical requires robust security and compliance to protect sensitive financial data and adhere to strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to manage patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure critical medical systems remain operational.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and segmentation to secure operational technology (OT) and ensure the uptime of production systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure network solutions to support academic and administrative functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network automation, security, and analytics on Cisco networking platforms. It enables intent-based networking for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed to work with compatible Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco wireless controllers. Specific hardware compatibility details should be verified based on your existing or planned infrastructure.
What is the benefit of a 5-year term?
A 5-year term provides long-term cost predictability and ensures continuous access to software updates and support for an extended period, simplifying budget management and guaranteeing access to the latest network capabilities.
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.