Cisco DNA Essentials C9600 SMS-K Platform License
Cisco DNA Essentials for C9600 provides essential network automation and assurance capabilities, enabling simplified management for your business network.
- Essential Features: Unlocks core network automation, visibility, and policy enforcement capabilities.
- Platform Specific: Designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series modular switches.
- Subscription Term: Delivered as a subscription, ensuring access to the latest software updates and features.
- Simplified Management: Streamlines network operations, reducing manual configuration and potential errors.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational capabilities for network automation, visibility, and policy enforcement on Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series modular switches. It enables essential features for managing and securing your network infrastructure.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to simplify network operations, improve security posture, and gain better insights into network performance without the complexity of enterprise-grade solutions.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like provisioning and configuration across your network.
- Network Assurance: Gain insights into network health and performance with basic analytics and troubleshooting tools.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network access policies consistently.
- Software Subscription: Access to software updates and new features throughout the subscription term.
- Simplified Operations: Reduce operational overhead and potential for human error in network management.
This Cisco DNA Essentials subscription offers a cost-effective way for SMB and mid-market businesses to enhance their network management capabilities.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Provisioning
Enable teams to automate the deployment and configuration of network devices, reducing manual effort and speeding up service delivery. Streamline the process of onboarding new network hardware and applying consistent configurations across the infrastructure.
organizations with growing network footprints, teams managing distributed sites, businesses standardizing network deployments
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Streamline network monitoring by providing essential insights into network health and performance. Automate the collection of key telemetry data to proactively identify and address potential issues before they impact users.
businesses prioritizing network uptime, IT departments seeking operational efficiency, companies managing critical business applications
Implement Basic Network Policy Enforcement
Enable teams to define and enforce network access policies consistently across the infrastructure. Protect sensitive data by ensuring only authorized devices and users can access network resources.
organizations with security compliance requirements, businesses segmenting network traffic, IT teams managing user access controls
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Provides foundational network automation, assurance, and policy capabilities for enhanced network management.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures continuous access to software updates, new features, and ongoing support throughout the license term.
Catalyst 9600 Series Support
Specifically designed to enhance the functionality and manageability of Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series modular switches.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration tasks, saving IT time and minimizing the risk of human error.
Network Assurance
Offers basic insights into network health and performance, aiding in proactive troubleshooting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Essentials helps address through policy enforcement and enhanced visibility.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy and network availability, making the assurance and automation features crucial for reliable operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from simplified network management and automation to ensure consistent uptime and operational efficiency for critical systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often manage large, complex networks and can leverage automation and assurance features to streamline operations and improve user experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational network automation, assurance, and policy features for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series modular switches. It is designed to simplify network management for businesses.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series modular switches. The MPN C9600-DE-SMSK indicates its application to this platform.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is a subscription-based offering, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for the duration of the subscription 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.