Cisco DNA Center Essentials Term License for Catalyst 3850
This 3-year Cisco DNA Center Essentials term license unlocks essential network automation and assurance capabilities for your Catalyst 3850 switches, simplifying IT operations.
- License Term: Provides 3 years of access to essential Cisco DNA Center features, ensuring continuous operation and support.
- Feature Access: Unlocks core network automation, visibility, and troubleshooting tools for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance for critical network management software, avoiding operational disruptions.
- Simplified Management: Enables IT teams to streamline network configuration, monitoring, and policy enforcement efficiently.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Center Essentials term license provides 3 years of access to core network automation and assurance functionalities for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It enables essential features for network visibility, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting, ensuring your network operates efficiently and compliantly.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this subscription license integrates with existing Cisco Catalyst infrastructure. It supports businesses that rely on their network for daily operations, helping them manage their IT environment without the overhead of enterprise-level solutions.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning and configuration changes.
- Network Assurance: Gain deep insights into network health and performance with intelligent analytics.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network policies consistently across your infrastructure.
- Centralized Management: Manage your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches from a single, intuitive platform.
- Subscription Term: Offers a predictable 3-year licensing period with defined feature access.
This Cisco DNA Center Essentials license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to enhance network control and efficiency without significant capital investment.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Provisioning
Enable teams to automate the deployment and configuration of new network devices and services. Streamline the process of onboarding hardware, reducing manual effort and potential for human error.
organizations deploying new network hardware, teams managing distributed network sites, businesses standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Visibility and Troubleshooting
Streamline network monitoring by providing a unified view of network health and performance across your Catalyst 3850 switches. Automate the identification and diagnosis of network issues to minimize downtime.
businesses experiencing intermittent network performance issues, IT departments managing critical business applications, teams seeking proactive network health monitoring
Enforce Network-Wide Policies
Automate the consistent application of security and access policies across your network infrastructure. Ensure compliance with internal security standards and regulatory requirements through centralized policy management.
organizations with strict security mandates, businesses operating in regulated industries, teams managing multi-site network deployments
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Essentials Software
Provides core network automation, assurance, and policy management capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
3-Year Term License
Offers predictable budgeting and continuous access to essential features for a defined period, ensuring ongoing operational support.
Centralized Network Management
Enables IT teams to manage multiple switches from a single interface, reducing complexity and improving efficiency.
Network Automation Tools
Automates routine tasks like device provisioning and configuration, freeing up IT staff for strategic initiatives.
Network Assurance Capabilities
Delivers insights into network health and performance, allowing for proactive identification and resolution of issues.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high levels of network uptime, security, and compliance, making robust network management tools like Cisco DNA Center Essentials critical for operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and rely on uninterrupted network connectivity for critical systems, necessitating efficient and compliant network management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments depend on reliable network performance for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring streamlined management and automation for efficiency.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need consistent network performance for point-of-sale systems, guest Wi-Fi, and inventory management, benefiting from centralized control and automation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Center Essentials?
Cisco DNA Center Essentials is a software platform that provides core network automation, assurance, and policy management features for Cisco enterprise networking hardware, including the Catalyst 3850 series.
What does a term license mean?
A term license means you are subscribing to the software for a specific period, in this case, 3 years. After the term expires, you will need to renew the license to continue using the software and its associated features and support.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license (C38502-DNAC1E-3R) is for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It enables essential features for managing these devices.
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.