Cisco C2960C DNA Essentials License, 8-Port, 5-Year Term
This Cisco DNA Essentials license provides essential network management and security features for your C2960C switches over a 5-year term, ensuring continuous operation and compliance.
- License Term: Provides 5 years of access to Cisco DNA Essentials features, ensuring long-term network management capabilities.
- Feature Access: Unlocks critical network automation, security, and visibility features for your Cisco C2960C switches.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance and security posture through up-to-date software and security protocols.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees continued access to essential software features and vendor support for uninterrupted network performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco C2960C DNA Essentials license is a subscription-based software entitlement designed to enhance the functionality of your Cisco Catalyst 2960C Series switches. It provides access to a suite of essential network management, security, and automation capabilities, ensuring your network infrastructure operates efficiently and securely.
This license is ideal for small to mid-sized businesses and enterprise departments that rely on Cisco networking hardware for their daily operations. It integrates directly with your existing Cisco C2960C switches, offering a streamlined way to manage network policies, monitor device health, and enforce security protocols without the overhead of complex enterprise solutions.
- Network Automation: Streamline repetitive network tasks and configuration management.
- Enhanced Security: Implement access control policies and threat detection capabilities.
- Visibility and Analytics: Gain deeper insights into network performance and device status.
- Software Updates: Ensure your network benefits from the latest Cisco software features and security patches.
- Subscription Model: Predictable billing and continuous access to features over the 5-year term.
This Cisco DNA Essentials license offers SMB and mid-market teams an affordable and effective way to upgrade their network's intelligence and security posture.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Policy Management
Enable teams to automate routine network configurations and enforce consistent security policies across their Cisco C2960C switches. Streamline device onboarding and management to reduce manual effort and potential errors.
organizations with distributed network devices, businesses standardizing network configurations, teams managing multiple switch locations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the implementation of security best practices and access controls on your network infrastructure. Protect sensitive business data by ensuring devices are running secure, up-to-date software.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, companies with compliance requirements, organizations prioritizing network threat mitigation
Improve Network Visibility and Troubleshooting
Streamline the process of monitoring network health and performance with advanced analytics. Enable IT professionals to quickly identify and resolve issues, minimizing downtime.
teams managing critical business applications, organizations with performance-sensitive operations, businesses seeking proactive network monitoring
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Provides essential network automation, security, and visibility features for your Cisco C2960C switches.
5-Year Subscription Term
Ensures continuous access to features and support for an extended period, offering predictable costs and long-term planning.
Platform Licensing
Applies directly to your Cisco C2960C hardware, enhancing its existing capabilities without requiring new equipment.
Subscription Billing
Offers a predictable operational expense model for managing your network software entitlements.
Access to Software Updates
Guarantees that your network benefits from the latest security patches and feature enhancements from Cisco.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security and compliance to protect sensitive financial data, making advanced network management features essential for regulatory adherence and threat prevention.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy (HIPAA) and ensure network uptime for critical patient care systems, necessitating reliable and secure network operations.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses rely on stable network connectivity for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer Wi-Fi, requiring efficient management and security to prevent disruptions.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require secure, reliable network infrastructure to maintain client trust and operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides essential network automation, security, and visibility features for Cisco networking devices. It is designed to simplify network management for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco C2960C Series switches, as indicated by the product code C2960C in the MPN.
What is the benefit of a subscription license?
A subscription license provides continuous access to software features and updates for the duration of the term. It also offers predictable operational expenses and ensures your network remains compliant and secure with the latest software.
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.