Cisco DNA Network Essentials On-Prem License
This Cisco DNA Network Essentials on-premise license provides essential network management and security features for up to 25Mbps of bandwidth, ensuring your business network operates efficiently and securely.
- Access to Essential Features: Unlock core Cisco DNA capabilities for network visibility, policy enforcement, and basic automation.
- On-Premise Deployment: Maintain full control over your network software and data within your own data center or infrastructure.
- Bandwidth Management: Supports network operations with a capacity of up to 25Mbps, suitable for many SMB and mid-market environments.
- Compliance and Security: Helps maintain network compliance and enhances security posture through integrated policy management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco DNA Network Essentials On-Prem license is a subscription-based software entitlement that unlocks foundational Cisco Digital Network Architecture features for your on-premise network infrastructure. It provides essential capabilities for network management, policy automation, and security, designed to simplify operations and enhance visibility within your controlled environment.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who require robust network control and feature access without the complexity of enterprise-level solutions. It integrates with Cisco's networking hardware to provide a unified platform for managing wired and wireless access.
- Core Network Automation: Automate routine network tasks and policy deployments across your infrastructure.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network traffic, device status, and user activity.
- Policy-Based Management: Define and enforce network access policies consistently.
- Security Essentials: Implement foundational security features to protect your network edge.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to features and updates on a recurring basis, ensuring you stay current.
This Cisco DNA Network Essentials license offers SMB and mid-market teams essential network control and automation, simplifying management and enhancing security within their own data centers.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Visibility
Enable teams to automate routine network configuration tasks and gain deeper insights into network performance and device health. Streamline troubleshooting and reduce manual intervention for common network operations.
organizations deploying Cisco networking hardware, businesses managing on-premise data centers, IT departments seeking operational efficiency, teams requiring centralized network control
Streamline Policy Enforcement
Streamline the deployment and enforcement of network access policies across wired and wireless devices. Automate the application of security and QoS policies to ensure consistent user experience and compliance.
businesses with segmented networks, organizations requiring granular access control, teams managing BYOD policies, companies focused on security posture
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the implementation of foundational security features to protect the network edge and connected devices. Improve threat detection and response capabilities through integrated network intelligence.
companies prioritizing network security, organizations with compliance requirements, businesses managing remote or branch offices, IT teams seeking proactive threat management
Key Features
Cisco DNA Network Essentials Features
Unlocks core network automation, visibility, and policy management capabilities for essential network control.
On-Premise Deployment
Allows businesses to maintain full control over their network software and data within their own infrastructure.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable costs and access to ongoing feature updates and support.
Max 25Mbps Capacity
Suitable for many SMB and mid-market network environments, offering essential functionality within defined bandwidth limits.
Cisco Brand Assurance
Leverages Cisco's reputation for reliable and advanced networking technology for business operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Essentials helps address through policy enforcement and visibility for sensitive data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, making network segmentation and access control crucial for protecting patient information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client data, necessitating secure and reliable network access with strong audit trails.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often have complex, distributed networks where consistent policy application and visibility are key to operational uptime and security.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Network Essentials?
Cisco DNA Network Essentials is a software license that provides foundational capabilities for Cisco's Digital Network Architecture. It focuses on essential network automation, visibility, and policy management for on-premise deployments.
What does 'On-Prem' mean for this license?
On-Prem means the software and its management platform (Cisco DNA Center) are installed and operated within your own data center or private infrastructure, rather than in a cloud environment. This gives you direct control over your network software.
What is the bandwidth limit for this license?
This specific license supports network operations with a maximum capacity of 25Mbps. This is a key specification for understanding its suitability for your network's traffic volume.
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.