Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced License with Existing Hardware
This Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced license subscription provides advanced network management and automation capabilities for your existing Cisco hardware, ensuring continued feature access and compliance.
- Advanced Features: Unlock enhanced network visibility, policy automation, and security segmentation capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to Cisco's licensing requirements and access the latest software features.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure your network infrastructure remains supported and up-to-date with the latest software releases.
- Scalable Management: Simplify the management of your network devices and policies across your organization.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced license is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features and capabilities for your existing Cisco networking hardware. It provides enhanced network management, automation, and security functionalities, ensuring your network infrastructure operates at its full potential.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to manage and optimize their Cisco network environments. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, offering a pathway to advanced network programmability and control without requiring a full hardware refresh.
- Enhanced Network Automation: Automate repetitive network tasks and policy deployments.
- Improved Network Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network traffic and device performance.
- Security Segmentation: Implement micro-segmentation to isolate critical applications and data.
- Centralized Policy Management: Define and enforce network policies from a single console.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous access to software updates and new features.
This Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to modernize their network operations and enhance security through advanced automation.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of network devices. Streamline network operations and reduce manual errors through centralized policy enforcement.
businesses with growing networks, organizations standardizing on Cisco, IT teams managing distributed sites
Enhance Network Visibility and Control
Streamline the monitoring of network performance and user experience with advanced analytics. Automate the implementation of security policies to segment traffic and protect critical assets.
companies requiring detailed network insights, organizations prioritizing network security, businesses with complex application dependencies
Ensure Software Compliance and Feature Access
Maintain compliance with Cisco's licensing model and ensure access to the latest software features and security patches. Protect against operational disruptions caused by outdated software versions.
businesses with strict IT governance, organizations relying on Cisco for core operations, companies seeking continuous improvement
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Essentials
Provides a centralized platform for network automation, assurance, and policy management.
Advanced Network Analytics
Offers deep insights into network health, performance, and user experience.
Software Subscription Model
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features, updates, and security patches.
Policy-Based Automation
Allows for the definition and enforcement of network policies across the infrastructure.
Security Segmentation
Enables granular control over network traffic to isolate sensitive data and applications.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and compliance with strict regulations, which Cisco DNA Advanced features help address through enhanced visibility and policy control.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to manage sensitive patient data and comply with HIPAA, making advanced segmentation and assurance capabilities crucial.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, ensuring uptime and efficiency.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require secure, well-managed networks to maintain client trust and operational continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced?
Cisco DNA Essentials Advanced is a software license subscription that unlocks advanced features for network management, automation, and security on your existing Cisco hardware. It is part of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture.
Does this license require new hardware?
No, this license is designed to work with your existing Cisco networking hardware. It enhances the capabilities of the hardware you already own.
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, typically annually or for a multi-year term, providing continuous access to features and updates.
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.