Cisco DNA Premier C1A1ATC68401, C6816/6824 SMS-K
Cisco DNA Premier licensing provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to: Advanced network automation, policy enforcement, and security analytics features.
- Coverage for: The full lifecycle of your Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Protection against: Network vulnerabilities and compliance gaps with integrated security intelligence.
- Entitlement to: Continuous software updates and access to new features for ongoing network modernization.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription license unlocks a suite of advanced capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches, including C6816 and C6824 models. It provides comprehensive network automation, policy-driven segmentation, advanced security threat detection, and deep network analytics, all managed through a centralized platform.
Designed for businesses that rely on robust and secure network infrastructure, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals seeking to streamline operations, enhance security posture, and gain deeper insights into network performance. It integrates with your existing Cisco environment to deliver enterprise-grade network management without the enterprise overhead.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks for faster deployment and configuration.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular security policies and detect threats in real-time.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep visibility into network traffic and user behavior.
- Policy Enforcement: Ensure consistent policy application across the network.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations with a unified management interface.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade network intelligence and control, tailored for SMB and mid-market operational needs.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate network provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment across their Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches. Streamline complex network changes and reduce manual errors for faster service delivery.
On-premises data centers, campus networks, hybrid cloud environments, distributed branch offices
Enhance Network Security and Compliance
Automate the enforcement of security policies and gain real-time visibility into network threats and user behavior. Protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry regulations through advanced threat detection and segmentation.
Regulated industries, environments with sensitive data, networks requiring granular access control, compliance-driven IT operations
Gain Deep Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the process of monitoring network performance, identifying bottlenecks, and understanding traffic patterns. Automate data collection for proactive issue resolution and capacity planning.
Performance-sensitive operations, IT teams focused on optimization, environments with high user traffic, proactive network management
Key Features
Cisco DNA Premier Software Subscription
Provides access to advanced network automation, security, and analytics features for your Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches.
Policy-based Automation
Enables consistent policy enforcement and automated network configuration, reducing manual effort and errors.
Advanced Threat Detection
Offers real-time security intelligence and threat analysis to protect your network from evolving cyber threats.
Network Analytics and Insights
Delivers deep visibility into network performance, user behavior, and application usage for informed decision-making.
Centralized Management Platform
Simplifies network operations and management through a unified interface for your Cisco infrastructure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security and compliance, which Cisco DNA Premier's advanced threat detection and policy enforcement capabilities help to address, ensuring data integrity and regulatory adherence.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and ensure continuous operation, making the advanced security and automation features of DNA Premier critical for compliance with HIPAA and other regulations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to optimize operational technology (OT) networks, enhance security, and ensure uptime for critical production systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require robust security and efficient network management to support academic and administrative functions, which DNA Premier's centralized control and automation facilitate.
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 operational efficiency for Cisco networks.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C1A1ATC68401, applies to Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches, including models like the C6816 and C6824.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, typically annually or multi-annually, providing continuous access to software features and updates.
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.