Cisco DNA High Availability Essential Cloud License 3 Year
This 3-year Cisco DNA Essential Cloud License ensures high availability for your network infrastructure, providing uninterrupted service and access to advanced features.
- High Availability: Guarantees continuous network operation, minimizing downtime risks and ensuring business continuity.
- Essential Cloud Features: Unlocks critical network management and security capabilities through Cisco's cloud platform.
- 3-Year Term: Provides predictable budgeting and long-term access to software features and updates.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports up to 250 million aggregated endpoints or 500 million total endpoints, accommodating growth.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA High Availability Essential Cloud License subscription provides a 3-year entitlement for essential network software features, ensuring your network infrastructure remains operational and secure. It is designed to deliver high availability, critical for businesses that cannot afford network interruptions.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates with Cisco's cloud-based DNA platform. It supports businesses with on-premises network hardware that require robust software capabilities and continuous uptime for their own operations.
- Uninterrupted Network Access: Ensures your critical business applications and services remain accessible.
- Enhanced Network Management: Provides tools to monitor, manage, and optimize your network performance.
- Security Posture: Supports security features to protect your business data and operations.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain network compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Predictable Costs: Subscription model offers clear budgeting for essential network software over three years.
This Cisco DNA Essential Cloud License is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable network operation and essential software features without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Continuous Network Operations
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted network connectivity for critical business applications and services. This ensures business continuity and prevents revenue loss due to unexpected outages.
on-premises network infrastructure, business-critical applications, IT operations management, network uptime requirements
Streamline Network Management
Streamline the monitoring and management of your network infrastructure through centralized cloud-based tools. This allows IT teams to efficiently oversee network health and performance.
distributed network environments, IT resource constraints, proactive network monitoring, operational efficiency goals
Automate Security and Compliance
Automate the deployment of essential security policies and maintain compliance with industry regulations. This helps protect sensitive business data and avoid penalties.
regulatory compliance needs, data security requirements, IT policy enforcement, risk mitigation strategies
Key Features
High Availability (HA) Support
Minimizes network downtime by ensuring redundant paths and failover capabilities, keeping critical business operations running.
Essential Cloud Software Features
Provides access to core network management, security, and analytics tools via Cisco's cloud platform.
3-Year Subscription Term
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to software features and support for three years, simplifying IT budgeting.
Scalable Endpoint Support
Accommodates a significant number of endpoints (up to 250M aggregated, 500M total), allowing for network growth.
Cisco DNA Platform Integration
Enables integration with Cisco's broader Digital Network Architecture for enhanced network intelligence and automation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require extremely high network uptime and robust security to protect sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on continuous network availability for patient care systems and must adhere to HIPAA regulations for data privacy and security.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations rely on stable and secure networks for production lines and supply chain management, where downtime can lead to significant financial losses.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service organizations handle confidential client data and require consistent network performance and security to maintain client trust and operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA High Availability Essential Cloud Licensing?
This is a subscription license that provides essential software features for Cisco networks, with a focus on ensuring high availability and minimizing downtime. It is delivered via Cisco's cloud platform and is valid for three years.
What kind of hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco networking hardware that supports the Cisco DNA software suite. Specific compatibility should be verified with your Cisco hardware model and version.
What is the benefit of a 3-year subscription?
A 3-year subscription provides predictable costs, ensures continuous access to software features and updates for an extended period, and simplifies long-term IT planning and budgeting for your network infrastructure.
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.