Cisco DNA Essentials (M) 7 Year Term License
This Cisco DNA Essentials license provides essential network automation and security features for your organization over a 7-year term.
- Network Automation: Enable automated provisioning and configuration of network devices.
- Enhanced Security: Access security features to protect your network infrastructure.
- Policy Enforcement: Implement and enforce network access policies consistently.
- Lifecycle Management: Simplify network device lifecycle management and software updates.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco 1783-CMS DNA ESSENTIALS (M), 7 YEAR TERM LICENSE is a subscription-based software license providing core capabilities for Cisco networking platforms. It unlocks essential features for network automation, policy enforcement, and security, ensuring your network operates efficiently and remains compliant.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to manage and secure their Cisco network infrastructure. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, simplifying management and providing a predictable cost for essential network services over its 7-year term.
- Core Network Automation: Automate routine network tasks, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
- Essential Security Features: Gain access to security functionalities that protect your network.
- Policy-Based Management: Define and enforce network policies across your infrastructure.
- Simplified Operations: Streamline network device management and software updates.
- Predictable Subscription: Benefit from a fixed 7-year term for budgeting and planning.
This Cisco DNA Essentials license offers a cost-effective, subscription-based solution for businesses seeking to enhance their network's automation and security.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate routine network configurations and provisioning tasks. Streamline the deployment and management of network devices, reducing manual intervention and operational costs.
businesses with growing networks, organizations standardizing device configurations, IT teams managing multiple network locations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies across the network to protect against unauthorized access. Protect sensitive business data by ensuring consistent application of security controls.
companies handling regulated data, organizations with remote workforces, businesses implementing zero-trust principles
Simplify Network Policy Management
Streamline the creation and enforcement of network access policies for users and devices. Ensure compliance with internal security standards and external regulations through centralized policy control.
businesses with diverse user groups, organizations requiring granular access control, environments needing consistent network behavior
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Unlocks core network automation, policy, and security features for Cisco platforms.
7 Year Term License
Provides long-term access and predictable budgeting for essential network capabilities.
Subscription Billing
Offers a flexible, operational expense model for software licensing.
Platform Licensing
Enables essential software functions on compatible Cisco hardware.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and speeds up network device deployment.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust network security and compliance with strict regulatory standards, which Cisco DNA Essentials helps to enforce through automated policy management and enhanced visibility.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data and ensure operational continuity, benefiting from the security features and automation provided by this license.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure consistent policy enforcement for security and performance.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms in this sector handle confidential client information and require strong network security and compliance, making the automated policy and security features of DNA Essentials valuable.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software suite that provides core capabilities for network automation, policy enforcement, and security for Cisco networking platforms. This license grants access to those essential features.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license applies to specific Cisco networking platforms that support Cisco DNA Essentials. Compatibility details are typically found in Cisco's product documentation for the relevant hardware series.
What is the benefit of a 7-year term license?
A 7-year term license provides long-term access to the software features, ensuring continuity of operations and predictable costs over an extended period, simplifying budgeting and planning.
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.