Cisco DNA Essentials to Advantage Upgrade License (3 Year)
This 3-year Cisco DNA Essentials to Advantage upgrade license unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches.
- Enhanced Security: Gain access to advanced threat detection, policy enforcement, and segmentation capabilities to protect your business network.
- Network Automation: Streamline network configuration, provisioning, and troubleshooting with intelligent automation tools.
- Advanced Analytics: Obtain deeper insights into network performance, user behavior, and application usage for better decision-making.
- Compliance and Support: Ensure your network adheres to industry standards and maintain access to Cisco's ongoing software updates and technical support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Essentials to Advantage upgrade license provides a 3-year subscription, enabling advanced features for your Cisco Catalyst 9000 series network switches. It transforms essential network management capabilities into a more powerful suite focused on automation, security, and analytics, ensuring your network is optimized for modern business demands.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license is crucial for businesses that rely on their network infrastructure for daily operations. It integrates directly with compatible Cisco hardware, enhancing the existing platform without requiring a complete overhaul, thereby supporting a secure and efficient digital workspace.
- Feature Unlock: Enables advanced security policies, network segmentation, and threat mitigation.
- Automation Tools: Provides capabilities for automated provisioning, configuration management, and policy deployment.
- Performance Insights: Offers enhanced network analytics for visibility into application performance and user experience.
- Software Updates: Guarantees access to the latest software releases, patches, and feature enhancements from Cisco.
- Subscription Term: Covers a 3-year period, ensuring continuous access to advanced features and support.
This Cisco DNA Advantage upgrade is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to elevate their network's security, automation, and intelligence without the complexity of enterprise-level infrastructure investments.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Security Features
Enable teams to implement granular security policies, segment the network effectively, and gain advanced threat detection capabilities. This enhances the overall security posture against evolving cyber threats.
businesses with sensitive data, organizations requiring regulatory compliance, networks with remote access, environments with BYOD policies, distributed office locations
Streamline Network Automation and Provisioning
Streamline the deployment and management of network configurations through automated workflows and policy-based management. This reduces manual effort and minimizes configuration errors.
organizations with growing networks, businesses standardizing configurations, IT teams managing multiple sites, environments needing rapid deployment
Gain Deeper Network Performance Insights
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to gain deeper insights into application behavior and user experience. This allows for proactive identification and resolution of performance bottlenecks.
businesses reliant on application performance, IT departments focused on user experience, networks supporting critical business applications, organizations with performance SLAs
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Software
Unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities beyond the Essentials tier.
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides continuous access to advanced features and support for a defined period, simplifying budgeting and planning.
Network Segmentation
Allows for granular control over network traffic, isolating critical assets and reducing the attack surface.
Advanced Threat Detection
Identifies and mitigates sophisticated security threats in real-time, protecting business data and operations.
Automated Provisioning
Reduces manual configuration time and errors, enabling faster deployment of network services.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Advantage provides through advanced threat detection and granular policy enforcement to protect sensitive financial data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to manage patient data and critical medical devices, benefiting from the segmentation and advanced security features offered by DNA Advantage.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments can leverage DNA Advantage for network segmentation to isolate operational technology (OT) from IT networks, enhancing security and operational stability.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms handling confidential client information require strong data protection and network integrity, which is supported by the advanced security and compliance features of DNA Advantage.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardware is compatible with this license?
This license is designed for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. Specific model compatibility should be verified based on your existing hardware.
What is the difference between DNA Essentials and DNA Advantage?
DNA Advantage offers significantly more advanced features in areas like security automation, threat intelligence, and network analytics compared to DNA Essentials.
How is this license billed?
This is a subscription-based license billed annually over the 3-year term.
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.