Cisco C3560CX DNA Advantage Software License
This Cisco DNA Advantage software license subscription provides advanced network management and security features for your C3560CX platform over a 5-year term.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock enhanced network automation, security policies, and analytics capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and security patches, crucial for regulatory adherence.
- Predictable Costing: Benefit from a 5-year subscription term, simplifying budgeting and financial planning.
- Continued Operation: Ensure ongoing support and access to software updates, preventing operational disruptions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco C3560CX DNA Advantage license provides a 5-year subscription to advanced software features for your Cisco Catalyst 3560CX series switches. This license unlocks capabilities designed to automate network operations, enhance security posture, and provide deeper visibility into network performance.
This subscription is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to manage their network infrastructure efficiently and securely. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, offering a pathway to a more intelligent and automated network environment without the overhead of enterprise-grade solutions.
- Network Automation: Streamline repetitive tasks like configuration and policy deployment.
- Enhanced Security: Implement granular access controls and threat detection capabilities.
- Performance Analytics: Gain insights into network traffic patterns and user behavior.
- Software Updates: Receive regular updates for new features and security patches.
- Subscription Management: A 5-year term provides predictable costs and license lifecycle management.
Empower your IT team with advanced network intelligence and automation, ensuring a secure and efficient network for your business operations.
What This Enables
Unlock Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate routine network tasks, such as device provisioning and policy updates. Streamline network management and reduce the potential for human error in configuration.
organizations with growing network complexity, businesses seeking operational efficiency, teams managing distributed sites, environments requiring consistent policy enforcement
Enhance Network Security Posture
Implement granular security policies and gain visibility into potential threats across the network. Protect sensitive business data by enforcing access controls and monitoring for anomalous activity.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with compliance requirements, environments with remote or mobile workforces, networks requiring segmented access
Improve Network Performance Visibility
Gain deeper insights into network traffic patterns, application usage, and end-user experience. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure business-critical applications run smoothly.
companies reliant on application performance, organizations experiencing network slowdowns, teams needing to optimize bandwidth usage, businesses focused on user productivity
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Software
Provides access to advanced network automation, security, and analytics features, enhancing operational efficiency and security.
5-Year Subscription Term
Offers predictable budgeting and a long-term commitment to advanced network capabilities, ensuring continuous support and feature access.
Cisco Catalyst 3560CX Platform Compatibility
Designed to enhance the functionality of your existing Cisco C3560CX switches, maximizing your current hardware investment.
Network Automation Tools
Reduces manual configuration effort and potential errors, allowing IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives.
Advanced Security Features
Helps protect your business network from evolving threats and ensures compliance with security policies.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Advantage features like advanced threat detection and policy enforcement help address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, making the enhanced security and audit capabilities of DNA Advantage crucial for protecting patient information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data, necessitating strong network security and reliable performance that DNA Advantage provides through automation and threat mitigation.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure consistent performance for critical manufacturing processes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco networking hardware, focusing on automation, security, and analytics to simplify network management and improve performance.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license (C3560CX-DNA-A-8-5) is for the Cisco Catalyst 3560CX series switches, providing 8 ports of enhanced functionality.
What is the benefit of a 5-year term license?
A 5-year term provides cost predictability, ensures continuous access to software updates and support for an extended period, and simplifies license management for your business.
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.