Cisco DNA Essentials C3650 24P SMS-K Platform License
Cisco DNA Essentials provides essential network automation and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 3650 switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance for your business.
- Feature Access: Unlock core network automation and visibility capabilities for your Cisco infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and security policies to meet regulatory requirements.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management tasks, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
- Continued Operation: Ensure your network hardware functions optimally with access to essential software features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Essentials subscription license is designed for Cisco Catalyst 3650 series switches, providing essential software features for network management, automation, and security. It enables core functionalities that enhance network visibility and control, ensuring your infrastructure operates efficiently and remains compliant with industry standards.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to manage their on-premises network infrastructure. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, offering a foundational level of software intelligence to support daily operations and strategic network planning.
- Network Automation: Automate routine network tasks to improve efficiency and reduce human error.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network performance and device status.
- Security Fundamentals: Implement essential security policies to protect your network.
- Software Updates: Access necessary software updates and bug fixes for continued operation.
- License Compliance: Ensure your network software is properly licensed and supported.
Cisco DNA Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams a cost-effective way to enhance their Cisco network management and security posture.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network configuration and management tasks, reducing manual intervention. Streamline the deployment of network policies across multiple devices to ensure consistency and speed.
on-premises network infrastructure, multi-device environments, IT operations teams, network management
Enhance Network Visibility and Monitoring
Streamline the process of gaining real-time insights into network performance and health. Automate the collection and analysis of network data to proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
business-critical networks, IT support functions, performance monitoring, proactive troubleshooting
Improve Security Posture with Foundational Controls
Enable teams to implement essential security policies and controls across their network infrastructure. Automate the enforcement of security best practices to reduce vulnerabilities and protect sensitive data.
compliance-driven environments, data security needs, IT security teams, risk mitigation
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Provides core network automation, visibility, and security features for Cisco Catalyst 3650 switches, enhancing operational efficiency.
Subscription Licensing
Offers a flexible, pay-as-you-go model for essential software capabilities, aligning costs with usage and business needs.
Network Automation Tools
Reduces manual configuration effort and potential errors, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
Enhanced Network Visibility
Provides deeper insights into network performance and health, enabling proactive issue detection and faster resolution.
Security Policy Enforcement
Helps maintain a more secure network environment by enabling foundational security controls and policy adherence.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high network availability and robust security to protect sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain secure, reliable networks to ensure patient data privacy (HIPAA compliance) and uninterrupted access to critical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments depend on stable and secure network connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems and efficient production processes.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information, necessitating secure and reliable network infrastructure to maintain client trust and data integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational network automation, visibility, 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, C3650-DE-24-SMSK, is for Cisco Catalyst 3650 series switches with 24 ports. It enables essential software features on that hardware platform.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis (e.g., annually) for the duration of the subscription term.
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.