
Cisco DNA Premier C1A1ATC38505, C3850 48P Fiber SMS-K Platform License
Cisco DNA Premier licensing unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Subscription Billing: Access features and updates on a recurring basis, aligning costs with operational needs.
- Premier Features: Gain access to the full suite of Cisco DNA capabilities, including advanced security, automation, and analytics.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series 48-port fiber switches, ensuring compatibility and full feature utilization.
- Compliance & Security: Maintain network integrity and meet regulatory requirements with enhanced visibility and control.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription license provides access to advanced network automation, security, and analytics features for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It enables enhanced visibility, policy enforcement, and threat defense across your network infrastructure.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates with existing Cisco Catalyst 3850 48-port fiber switches. It supports businesses looking to modernize their network operations, improve security posture, and streamline management without the overhead of enterprise-grade solutions.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like configuration, provisioning, and policy deployment.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular security policies, detect threats, and enforce compliance across the network.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and application usage.
- Centralized Management: Manage network policies and configurations from a single, unified platform.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates, new features, and ongoing support through a flexible subscription model.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade network intelligence and control, tailored for the agility and budget of growing businesses.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate network provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment across multiple devices. Streamline network operations and reduce manual errors, leading to faster service delivery.
businesses with growing network complexity, organizations standardizing IT operations, teams managing distributed network infrastructure
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and threat detection mechanisms across the network. Automate compliance checks and protect sensitive business data from evolving cyber threats.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations with remote or hybrid workforces, businesses requiring strict regulatory adherence
Gain Deep Network Visibility and Analytics
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize resource utilization. Enable teams to proactively address issues and improve user experience.
businesses reliant on network performance for operations, organizations seeking to improve application delivery, teams managing critical business applications
Key Features
Cisco DNA Premier Software
Unlocks the full suite of network automation, security, and analytics features for enhanced network control and visibility.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, recurring access to the latest software features and updates, aligning costs with operational needs.
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Compatibility
Ensures seamless integration and full functionality with your existing 48-port fiber switches.
Advanced Security Features
Protects your network and data with granular policy enforcement, threat detection, and compliance tools.
Network Analytics Engine
Delivers deep insights into network performance and user behavior, enabling proactive optimization.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive data and meet strict regulatory standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure network availability for critical patient care systems, demanding high levels of security and reliability.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups need secure networks to process transactions, manage customer data, and ensure consistent service delivery across multiple locations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and security to manage complex operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, ensuring production uptime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that provides advanced capabilities for network automation, security, and analytics. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance security for enterprise networks.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license SKU (C1A1ATC38505-SMSK) is for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series 48-port fiber switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is sold on a subscription basis, meaning it is billed recurringly, typically annually or for a multi-year 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.