Cisco DNA Essentials C9200 48 Port Subscription
Cisco DNA Essentials for C9200 48 Port switches provides essential network automation and security features for your business operations, licensed on a subscription basis.
- Essential Network Automation: Streamline device configuration and policy deployment across your network infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security Features: Gain visibility and control over network access and traffic to protect critical business data.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Flexible, predictable costs with access to ongoing software updates and support.
- Optimized for C9200: Tailored capabilities designed to enhance the performance and manageability of your Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that unlocks foundational network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches. This license provides essential tools for managing network access, enforcing policies, and gaining visibility into network operations, ensuring your infrastructure remains secure and efficient.
This subscription is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to simplify network management and enhance security without the complexity and cost of enterprise-grade solutions. It integrates directly with your existing Cisco hardware, providing a unified platform for network control and monitoring.
- Automated Network Provisioning: Simplify the deployment and configuration of new network devices.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and apply network access policies consistently across your environment.
- Network Visibility and Analytics: Gain insights into network performance and user activity.
- Software Subscription Model: Benefit from predictable costs and continuous access to software updates.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Improve your network's defense against threats with integrated security features.
Empower your IT team with essential network automation and security tools, designed for the operational needs of growing businesses.
What This Enables
Enable Automated Network Deployment
Enable teams to rapidly deploy and configure new network switches with pre-defined policies. Streamline the onboarding of devices to ensure consistent network performance and security from day one.
organizations with distributed sites, businesses expanding network infrastructure, teams managing multiple switch deployments, companies standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the enforcement of network access control policies to protect sensitive business data. Automate the segmentation of network traffic to isolate critical systems and mitigate the impact of security breaches.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with regulatory compliance needs, companies implementing zero-trust security models, teams managing remote access
Improve Network Visibility and Troubleshooting
Enable IT professionals to gain deeper insights into network traffic patterns and device performance. Automate the collection of network telemetry to accelerate troubleshooting and reduce downtime.
teams managing complex network topologies, businesses reliant on network uptime, organizations seeking to optimize network performance, IT departments with limited resources
Key Features
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration time and errors, allowing IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives.
Policy-Based Management
Ensures consistent security and access controls across the network, simplifying compliance and reducing risk.
Network Visibility
Provides insights into network health and performance, enabling proactive troubleshooting and optimization.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable operational expenses and continuous access to the latest software features and security updates.
Security Enhancements
Strengthens the network's defense against evolving cyber threats.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security and compliance to protect sensitive financial data and adhere to strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain high levels of network security and data privacy to comply with HIPAA regulations and ensure patient safety.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses need reliable network performance for point-of-sale systems and customer-facing services, while also securing payment card information under PCI DSS.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure consistent uptime for production lines.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational network automation, security, and visibility features for Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches. It is designed to simplify network management for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C9200-DE-48-OPS, is designed for Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series 48-port switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, typically annually or multi-annually, providing continuous access to features 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.