Cisco DNA Essentials C2960X 24P OPS
Cisco DNA Essentials for C2960X switches unlocks essential network automation and security capabilities for your business infrastructure.
- Feature Access: Entitlement to core Cisco DNA Center features for network visibility and basic automation.
- Compliance: Ensures your network infrastructure adheres to vendor licensing requirements.
- Operational Continuity: Facilitates ongoing access to essential network management tools.
- Scalability: Supports the management of up to 24 ports on your Cisco C2960X switches.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription license designed to enhance the capabilities of Cisco Catalyst 2960X series switches. This license provides access to foundational features for network automation, assurance, and security, enabling better visibility and control over your network environment.
This subscription is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to manage their network infrastructure efficiently. It integrates with Cisco DNA Center, providing a centralized platform for managing network devices and policies within their own operational environment.
- Essential Network Automation: Automate routine network tasks and configurations.
- Basic Network Assurance: Gain visibility into network health and performance.
- Security Fundamentals: Implement foundational security policies and controls.
- Centralized Management: Manage devices through the Cisco DNA Center platform.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to features on a term basis, ensuring up-to-date capabilities.
This Cisco DNA Essentials subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their network management without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Configuration
Enable teams to automate routine network configurations and policy deployments across their Cisco C2960X switches. Streamline the provisioning process and reduce the time spent on manual device setup.
businesses with on-premises networks, organizations managing multiple network devices, IT departments with limited staffing, companies standardizing on Cisco hardware
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Streamline network monitoring by providing essential assurance capabilities for understanding network health and performance. Automate the collection of network telemetry to identify and troubleshoot issues proactively.
companies requiring operational uptime, businesses with distributed network locations, IT teams focused on performance optimization, organizations seeking basic network analytics
Implement Foundational Security Policies
Automate the enforcement of basic security policies across the network infrastructure. Protect sensitive business data by ensuring consistent security configurations on managed switches.
businesses handling regulated data, organizations with defined security postures, companies needing to meet basic compliance requirements, IT environments with defined access controls
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a centralized platform for managing network devices, simplifying operations and policy enforcement.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort, minimizes errors, and speeds up network deployments.
Basic Network Assurance
Offers insights into network health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures access to current features and simplifies budget management with predictable billing.
Support for 24 Ports
Enables essential management features for switches with up to 24 network ports.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and high availability to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous operations, which DNA Essentials helps facilitate through enhanced management and policy enforcement.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure and well-managed networks to protect patient data, a need addressed by DNA Essentials' security and visibility features.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on stable and predictable network performance for operational technology (OT) systems, benefiting from the automation and assurance capabilities to maintain uptime and efficiency.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information, requiring secure network infrastructure and compliance with data protection standards, supported by the management and security features of DNA Essentials.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that unlocks foundational network automation, assurance, and security features for Cisco Catalyst switches like the C2960X series. It is managed through Cisco DNA Center.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C2960X-DE-24-OPS, is designed for Cisco Catalyst 2960X series switches, supporting up to 24 ports.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for a defined term, providing continuous access to the licensed features.
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.