Cisco DNA Center Platform License - 5 Year Subscription
This 5-year subscription license unlocks advanced network automation and assurance capabilities for your Cisco network infrastructure, simplifying management and enhancing visibility.
- Access to: Advanced network automation, policy enforcement, and assurance features for enhanced control and visibility.
- Coverage for: The full suite of Cisco DNA Center software capabilities, enabling intelligent network operations.
- Protection against: Licensing non-compliance and ensuring access to critical software updates and support.
- Entitlement to: Continued access to software features and platform updates throughout the 5-year subscription term.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 5-year subscription license for the Cisco DNA Center platform, providing essential software capabilities for network management, automation, and assurance. It unlocks features that allow for centralized control, policy-based automation, and deep visibility into network health and performance.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-market organizations utilize this license to streamline network operations, reduce manual configuration errors, and proactively identify and resolve network issues. It integrates with Cisco's network hardware, providing a unified platform for managing the entire network environment.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning, configuration, and software updates.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network access policies consistently across the entire infrastructure.
- Network Assurance: Gain deep insights into network health, performance, and user experience with advanced analytics.
- Centralized Management: Manage wired and wireless networks from a single, intuitive dashboard.
- Security Integration: Enhance security posture through integrated threat detection and response capabilities.
This Cisco DNA Center platform license is ideal for businesses seeking to modernize their network management and gain enterprise-level control without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Automate Network Provisioning and Configuration
Enable teams to automate the deployment and configuration of new network devices and services. Streamline the process of onboarding new hardware and applying standardized configurations across the network.
organizations with growing network footprints, businesses standardizing IT deployments, teams managing distributed locations
Enforce Network-Wide Security Policies
Streamline the implementation and enforcement of consistent security policies across wired and wireless networks. Automate access controls and segmentation to reduce the attack surface and ensure compliance.
businesses with strict security requirements, organizations managing BYOD policies, teams needing granular access control
Gain Proactive Network Health Insights
Automate the monitoring of network performance and user experience to proactively identify and resolve potential issues. Enable IT professionals to quickly diagnose problems and minimize downtime.
companies reliant on network uptime, organizations experiencing performance bottlenecks, teams focused on operational efficiency
Key Features
Centralized Network Management
Reduces complexity and operational overhead by providing a single pane of glass for managing your entire Cisco network infrastructure.
Intent-Based Networking Automation
Allows IT teams to define desired network outcomes and automate the underlying configurations, leading to faster deployments and fewer errors.
Network Assurance and Analytics
Provides deep visibility into network health, performance, and client experience, enabling proactive issue resolution and improved user satisfaction.
Policy-Based Segmentation
Enhances security by enabling granular control over network access and traffic flow based on user identity and device posture.
Subscription Licensing Model
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and updates over the 5-year term.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, strict compliance, and high network availability to protect sensitive data and ensure uninterrupted trading operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable, and compliant networks to manage patient data, support critical medical devices, and ensure operational continuity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand highly available and secure networks to support operational technology (OT) systems, automation, and real-time data processing.
Education & Research
Educational institutions require scalable and manageable networks to support a large number of users, diverse devices, and critical research applications while maintaining security.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Center?
Cisco DNA Center is a network automation and assurance platform that simplifies network management. It allows for centralized control, policy-based automation, and deep visibility into your network's performance and health.
What does this license enable?
This license enables the full suite of Cisco DNA Center software features for a 5-year subscription term. It unlocks capabilities for network automation, policy enforcement, assurance, and security management.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is for the Cisco DNA Center platform software itself. It is designed to manage Cisco's intent-based networking hardware, including Catalyst switches, wireless controllers, and access points.
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.