Cisco DNA Essentials C1E1ATC95001
Cisco DNA Essentials provides essential network automation and assurance capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and security.
- Automated Provisioning: Streamline network device setup and configuration, reducing manual errors and deployment time.
- Network Assurance: Gain deep visibility into network health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution.
- Policy Enforcement: Simplify the application of security and access policies across your network infrastructure.
- Software Subscription: Access the latest features and updates with a flexible, subscription-based licensing model.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription license designed to bring automation, assurance, and policy capabilities to your Cisco network infrastructure, primarily for the Catalyst 9000 series switches.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to simplify network operations, enhance security, and ensure consistent performance without the complexity of enterprise-level solutions.
- Simplified Network Management: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning and configuration.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Monitor network health and troubleshoot issues more effectively with intelligent insights.
- Centralized Policy Control: Define and enforce network access and security policies consistently.
- Software Updates: Stay current with the latest features and security patches through subscription.
- Compliance Support: Maintain network compliance with automated policy enforcement and reporting.
Empower your IT team with essential network intelligence and automation to drive business efficiency and security.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Provisioning
Enable teams to automate the deployment and configuration of new network devices. Streamline the onboarding process for switches, reducing manual effort and potential for errors.
organizations with growing network footprints, teams managing distributed sites, businesses standardizing network hardware
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Streamline network monitoring by providing real-time insights into device health and performance. Automate the detection of potential issues before they impact users or operations.
businesses prioritizing network uptime, teams facing increasing network complexity, companies seeking proactive IT management
Simplify Policy Management and Enforcement
Automate the enforcement of network access and security policies across the infrastructure. Ensure consistent application of security controls and compliance requirements.
organizations with strict security mandates, companies managing diverse user groups, businesses requiring regulatory compliance
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralize network management and automation through a single platform, simplifying complex tasks.
Network Health Dashboards
Gain immediate visibility into network performance and identify potential problems quickly.
Automated Device Onboarding
Reduce the time and effort required to deploy and configure new network switches.
Policy-Based Automation
Apply consistent security and access policies across your network with ease.
Subscription Licensing
Access the latest software features and support through a flexible, predictable billing model.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust network security and high availability to protect sensitive financial data and ensure continuous trading operations, which DNA Essentials supports through enhanced assurance and policy control.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and reliable networks to manage patient data and critical medical devices, benefiting from DNA Essentials' automated security policy enforcement and network visibility.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses rely on consistent network performance for point-of-sale systems, guest Wi-Fi, and inventory management, making DNA Essentials' automation and assurance features valuable for operational efficiency.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure network infrastructure. DNA Essentials helps simplify management and enforce policies across campus networks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardware does Cisco DNA Essentials C1E1ATC95001 apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. The specific model C1E1ATC95001 indicates a particular configuration or bundle, but the Essentials tier generally applies to the Catalyst 9000 family.
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription-based license. The term is typically one, three, or five years, providing continuous access to features and support during the subscription period.
How does this license help with network compliance?
Cisco DNA Essentials enables automated policy enforcement and provides network assurance features. This helps organizations maintain consistent security postures and meet regulatory compliance requirements more effectively.
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.