Cisco DNA Center Switching Core Platform License
Cisco DNA Center Switching Core platform licensing provides essential capabilities for managing and automating your network infrastructure, ensuring operational continuity and compliance.
- Feature Access: Unlock core network automation and visibility features within Cisco DNA Center.
- License Term: Subscription-based access, billed annually for predictable budgeting.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco Catalyst switching platforms managed via DNA Center.
- Value Proposition: Maintain compliance, gain deeper network insights, and simplify management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Center Switching Core platform license is a subscription entitlement that unlocks essential network management and automation capabilities for your business's Cisco switching infrastructure. It provides the foundational features required to gain visibility, enforce policies, and streamline operations across your network devices.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to manage their Cisco Catalyst switches through the centralized Cisco DNA Center platform. It integrates into existing network stacks, offering a pathway to enhanced control and operational efficiency without requiring extensive hardware overhauls.
- Centralized Management: Gain a single pane of glass for monitoring and managing your Cisco switching environment.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network access policies consistently across all connected devices.
- Network Automation: Automate routine tasks such as configuration deployment and software updates.
- Enhanced Visibility: Obtain detailed insights into network performance, traffic patterns, and device health.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensure your network configurations adhere to industry standards and internal policies.
This Cisco DNA Center license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their network management and drive operational efficiencies.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network configuration tasks and orchestrate complex changes across their switching infrastructure. Streamline deployment of new services and updates to reduce manual effort and potential errors.
organizations deploying new network services, teams managing distributed network sites, businesses standardizing network configurations, environments requiring rapid change deployment
Enhance Network Visibility and Monitoring
Streamline the process of gaining deep insights into network performance and device health. Automate the collection and analysis of telemetry data to proactively identify and resolve potential issues before they impact operations.
businesses prioritizing uptime, IT departments managing growing networks, organizations seeking to reduce troubleshooting time, environments with critical performance requirements
Ensure Network Policy Compliance
Enable teams to define, enforce, and audit network access policies consistently across all connected devices. Automate compliance checks to ensure adherence to security standards and regulatory requirements.
organizations with strict security mandates, businesses undergoing audits, environments requiring granular access control, companies managing sensitive data
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Platform Integration
Provides a unified interface for managing network devices, simplifying administration and reducing complexity.
Subscription Licensing Model
Offers predictable costs and ensures access to the latest software features and updates throughout the subscription term.
Automation Capabilities
Reduces manual effort for configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting, freeing up IT staff for strategic initiatives.
Network Visibility and Analytics
Delivers actionable insights into network performance and health, enabling proactive issue resolution and optimization.
Policy-Based Management
Ensures consistent application of security and access policies across the network, enhancing security posture and compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure and reliable networks with strict compliance and audit trails, which Cisco DNA Center's policy enforcement and visibility features help to ensure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and require robust network security and uptime, making the advanced management and automation capabilities of Cisco DNA Center critical for compliance and operational continuity.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors often operate with distributed locations and require consistent network configurations and secure guest access, areas where Cisco DNA Center's automation and policy management provide significant operational benefits.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand reliable network performance and security for operational technology (OT) systems. Cisco DNA Center can help manage and secure these critical networks, ensuring uptime and data integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Center?
Cisco DNA Center is a network management and automation platform that provides a centralized point of control for Cisco enterprise network infrastructure. It enables programmability, automation, and analytics for campus and branch networks.
What does the 'Switching Core' license enable?
The Switching Core license unlocks essential features for managing and automating Cisco Catalyst switches within Cisco DNA Center. This includes capabilities for device onboarding, configuration management, policy enforcement, and basic network visibility.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license. It provides access to the software features for a defined term, typically billed annually, ensuring you always have access to current capabilities and support.
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.