Cisco DNA Essentials C3850 12 Port Fiber Platform License
Cisco DNA Essentials for C3850 12 Port Fiber platforms provides essential network automation and assurance capabilities, ensuring your network operates efficiently and securely.
- Essential Features: Access to foundational network automation, visibility, and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from continuous updates and support through a flexible subscription billing model.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches with 12-port fiber interfaces.
- Compliance & Security: Maintain network compliance and enhance security posture with integrated policy enforcement.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software license that unlocks critical network management and automation features for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. This subscription provides essential capabilities for network visibility, policy enforcement, and threat defense, ensuring your network infrastructure is secure and performing optimally.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within small to mid-market businesses who need to simplify network operations and enhance security without the complexity of enterprise-level solutions. It integrates directly with your existing Cisco hardware, providing a unified platform for managing your network devices.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive network tasks to reduce manual effort and potential errors.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network traffic and device performance for proactive troubleshooting.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network access policies consistently across your infrastructure.
- Security Features: Improve your security posture with integrated threat detection and mitigation capabilities.
- Subscription Model: Enjoy predictable costs and access to the latest software updates and features.
Cisco DNA Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams the necessary tools to manage their network effectively, ensuring security and operational efficiency.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network configurations and policy deployments across their Cisco infrastructure. Streamline network operations and reduce the risk of manual errors.
businesses with distributed network devices, organizations standardizing network configurations, teams managing multiple switch stacks
Enhance Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the process of gaining deep insights into network traffic patterns and device health. Automate the collection of performance metrics to proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
organizations prioritizing network uptime, businesses seeking to optimize network performance, teams managing critical business applications
Strengthen Network Security and Compliance
Automate the enforcement of security policies and access controls across the network. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal security standards through consistent policy application.
businesses with sensitive data, organizations subject to regulatory audits, companies implementing zero-trust security models
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Unlocks essential network automation, visibility, and security capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable costs and ensures access to the latest software features and updates.
Platform Specific Licensing
Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and minimizes the risk of human error in network management.
Network Assurance
Offers enhanced visibility into network health and performance for proactive troubleshooting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and high network availability to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous trading operations, making advanced network management features essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to strict compliance regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure network access and reliable performance for critical patient care systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand reliable network connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems, where downtime can lead to significant production losses and safety risks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information, requiring strong network security and data protection to maintain client trust and meet compliance standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription license that provides foundational network automation, assurance, and security features for Cisco Catalyst switches. It is designed to simplify network management for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C3850-DE-12-OPS, is for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches, particularly those with 12-port fiber interfaces. It is a platform license applicable to the switch itself.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is offered on a subscription basis, meaning it is billed periodically (e.g., annually) rather than as a one-time perpetual purchase. This ensures you always have access to current features and support.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.