Cisco DNA Essentials C1000 8P SMS-K Platform License
Cisco DNA Essentials provides essential network automation and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 1000 series switches, ensuring a more efficient and secure network infrastructure.
- Essential Network Automation: Enable automated provisioning and configuration of network devices, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
- Enhanced Network Security: Gain access to basic security policies and threat detection capabilities to protect your business network.
- Simplified Network Management: Streamline network operations with centralized visibility and control over your connected devices.
- Compliance and Visibility: Maintain network compliance and gain insights into network health and device status for better decision-making.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription license designed to bring essential automation, security, and analytics capabilities to your Cisco Catalyst 1000 series switches. This license unlocks foundational features that simplify network operations, enhance security posture, and provide better visibility into your network's performance and compliance.
This platform license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-market businesses who need to efficiently manage their wired network infrastructure. It integrates with your existing Cisco hardware, providing a pathway to a more intelligent and automated network without the complexity of enterprise-grade solutions.
- Automated Device Provisioning: Deploy new network devices quickly and consistently with automated configuration.
- Basic Security Policy Enforcement: Implement foundational security policies to segment traffic and protect against common threats.
- Network Health Monitoring: Gain visibility into device status, performance metrics, and potential issues.
- Software Image Management: Simplify the process of updating and managing software images across your network devices.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Benefit from predictable costs and access to ongoing software updates and support.
Cisco DNA Essentials offers SMB and mid-market teams a cost-effective way to modernize their network management with essential automation and security features.
What This Enables
Enable Automated Network Provisioning
Enable teams to rapidly deploy and configure new network switches with consistent settings. Streamline the onboarding of new devices to reduce manual configuration errors and accelerate network expansion.
businesses with growing office locations, organizations expanding network capacity, teams managing distributed sites
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of basic security policies across the network to segment traffic and mitigate common threats. Protect sensitive business data by implementing foundational security controls.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations with remote workforce access, businesses requiring network segmentation
Simplify Network Operations and Monitoring
Streamline day-to-day network management tasks with centralized visibility and control. Automate routine checks and gain insights into network health to proactively address potential issues.
IT departments with limited staffing, businesses seeking to reduce operational overhead, teams managing multiple network segments
Key Features
Automated Device Provisioning
Reduces deployment time and configuration errors when adding new network switches.
Basic Security Policy Enforcement
Helps protect your network by implementing foundational security controls and traffic segmentation.
Network Health Monitoring
Provides visibility into device status and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution.
Software Image Management
Simplifies the process of updating and managing software across your network devices.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable costs and ensures access to ongoing software updates and support.
Industry Applications
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses often deploy Cisco Catalyst 1000 series switches in numerous locations, benefiting from automated provisioning and simplified management to ensure consistent network performance for point-of-sale systems and guest Wi-Fi.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations require reliable and secure networks to manage patient data and critical medical devices, making automated security policy enforcement and network visibility essential for compliance and operational integrity.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, distributed networks with many users and devices, benefiting from simplified management and automated provisioning to efficiently support classrooms, labs, and administrative functions.
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms prioritize network security and compliance, leveraging features like basic security policy enforcement to protect sensitive financial data and ensure operational continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardware does this Cisco DNA Essentials license apply to?
This license is specifically designed for the Cisco Catalyst 1000 series switches. Please verify compatibility with your specific switch model.
What is the term of this subscription license?
Subscription licenses typically have a defined term, such as 1, 3, or 5 years. The specific term for this SKU should be confirmed at the time of purchase.
Does this license include Cisco TAC support?
This license primarily provides software features. Cisco TAC support is often a separate contract or included in specific bundles. Please refer to the product details or consult with Zent Networks for support options.
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.