Cisco C3560CX DNA Essentials License, 12-Port, 7-Year Term
This Cisco DNA Essentials license provides advanced network automation and security features for your C3560CX switches over a 7-year term, simplifying network operations.
- License Term: 7-year subscription ensures continuous access to essential features and updates.
- Feature Access: Unlocks DNA Essentials capabilities for enhanced network visibility, automation, and security.
- Platform Support: Specifically designed for Cisco C3560CX 12-port switches.
- Compliance & Optimization: Helps maintain network compliance and improve operational efficiency.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco C3560CX DNA Essentials license is a 7-year subscription that enables advanced software features for your Cisco Catalyst 3560CX 12-port switches. It provides essential automation, assurance, and security capabilities designed to simplify network management and improve performance.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to maintain a secure, efficient, and compliant network without the overhead of enterprise-level solutions. It integrates with your existing Cisco infrastructure to deliver enhanced functionality.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks and streamline network configuration.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network performance and user activity.
- Security Features: Implement essential security policies to protect your network.
- Software Updates: Receive ongoing software updates and access to new features.
- Simplified Management: Centralize and simplify the management of your network devices.
Equip your business with essential network intelligence and automation for improved efficiency and security with this Cisco DNA Essentials license.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network tasks, such as device provisioning and configuration updates. Streamline network operations and reduce the potential for human error across your infrastructure.
Organizations deploying new network segments, Businesses managing distributed network devices, Teams standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Streamline the process of monitoring network health and performance in real-time. Automate the collection and analysis of network data to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact users.
Businesses requiring detailed network performance metrics, Organizations with critical application uptime needs, Teams focused on proactive network issue resolution
Strengthen Network Security Posture
Enable teams to implement and enforce consistent security policies across their network. Automate the detection of security threats and the application of necessary countermeasures to protect sensitive data.
Organizations handling sensitive customer data, Businesses needing to meet regulatory compliance, Teams managing access control for multiple user groups
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Unlocks advanced network automation, assurance, and security capabilities for your C3560CX switches.
7-Year Term License
Provides long-term access to software features and updates, ensuring your network remains current and compliant.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort, minimizes errors, and speeds up deployment of network changes.
Network Assurance
Offers enhanced visibility into network performance and health, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
Security Features
Helps enforce security policies and protect the network from threats, ensuring data integrity and availability.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which Cisco DNA Essentials helps address through enhanced visibility and security features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure uninterrupted access to critical patient data, making network reliability, security, and detailed monitoring essential capabilities provided by this license.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on stable networks for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and guest Wi-Fi, benefiting from the automation and assurance features to maintain operational continuity and customer experience.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require secure, scalable network infrastructure. DNA Essentials aids in managing complex environments, ensuring student and faculty access, and protecting sensitive research data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational automation, assurance, and security capabilities for Cisco enterprise networking hardware. It is designed to simplify network management and improve operational efficiency.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C3560CX-DNA-E-12-7, is for Cisco Catalyst 3560CX 12-port switches.
What is the benefit of a 7-year term license?
A 7-year term license ensures you have continuous access to the latest software features, security updates, and support for an extended period, providing cost predictability and avoiding potential licensing lapses.
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.