Cisco C9200L DNA Essentials 24-Port Term License
This Cisco DNA Essentials license subscription provides essential network management and security capabilities for your Cisco C9200L 24-port switches, ensuring ongoing feature access and support.
- Access to: Essential network automation, security, and assurance features for enhanced visibility and control.
- Coverage for: The full term of your subscription, ensuring continuous access to software updates and support.
- Protection against: Network vulnerabilities and operational inefficiencies with integrated security and automation tools.
- Entitlement to: Cisco's ongoing development and support for your network infrastructure, maintaining compliance and performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco C9200L CISCO DNA ESSENTIALS, 24-PORT TERM LICENSE SPARE is a subscription-based software license that unlocks foundational Cisco DNA Center features for your Catalyst 9200L series switches. It provides essential capabilities for network automation, security, and assurance, enabling better visibility and control over your network infrastructure.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to manage and secure their network environments efficiently. It integrates with Cisco's DNA Center platform, offering a centralized point of management for network devices, simplifying operations and improving overall network health.
- Network Automation: Streamline repetitive tasks like provisioning and configuration across your network.
- Security Features: Enhance network security with policy enforcement and threat detection capabilities.
- Assurance & Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network performance and user experience.
- Centralized Management: Manage your Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches through the Cisco DNA Center platform.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable, recurring costs for software access and ongoing updates.
This Cisco DNA Essentials license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their network management with essential automation and security features.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate repetitive network configuration and provisioning tasks across multiple Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches. Streamline deployment and reduce the potential for human error in network changes.
organizations with growing network complexity, businesses standardizing on Cisco hardware, teams managing distributed network locations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of network-wide security policies and gain visibility into potential threats. Automate security updates and ensure consistent policy enforcement across all connected devices.
businesses requiring robust security controls, companies with compliance mandates, environments with sensitive data
Improve Network Performance and Visibility
Automate network monitoring and gain deeper insights into application performance and user experience. Proactively identify and resolve network issues before they impact operations.
organizations dependent on network uptime, teams managing performance-sensitive applications, businesses seeking to optimize resource utilization
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Unlocks essential network automation, security, and assurance capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches.
Subscription Term License
Provides predictable, recurring access to software features and updates for a defined period.
24-Port Coverage
Applies to Cisco Catalyst 9200L switches with 24 ports, ensuring essential features for your core network devices.
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Enables centralized management and orchestration of your network through a single pane of glass.
Ongoing Support and Updates
Ensures your network remains secure, compliant, and up-to-date with the latest Cisco software releases.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Essentials helps address through policy enforcement and threat detection capabilities.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Reliable network performance and security are critical for patient data and operations, supported by the assurance and automation features of DNA Essentials.
Retail & Hospitality
Organizations in this sector benefit from simplified network management and enhanced security to support customer-facing operations and point-of-sale systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
DNA Essentials can help secure and manage the growing number of connected devices in industrial environments, improving operational visibility and control.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational capabilities for network automation, security, and assurance on Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance operational efficiency.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license is for Cisco Catalyst 9200L series switches with 24 ports. It is a term license, meaning it is valid for a specific subscription period.
What is the billing model?
This license operates on a subscription billing model, meaning you pay recurring fees for access to the software and its features over the term of the license.
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.