Cisco DNA Premier C1A1ATC68401, C6816/6824 SMS-1 License
Cisco DNA Premier licensing provides advanced network automation and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Premier features for the duration of your agreement.
- Billing Model: Recurring subscription payments ensure continuous access to software updates and support.
- Platform Applicability: Specifically designed for Cisco Catalyst 6816 and 6824 platforms.
- Key Value: Enables advanced network management, security, and analytics, maintaining compliance and operational efficiency.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier license subscription unlocks the highest tier of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture capabilities for your Catalyst 6800 series switches. It provides access to advanced features for network automation, assurance, security, and policy enforcement, ensuring your network operates at peak performance and remains compliant with industry standards.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations, this license integrates into existing Cisco network infrastructures. It is essential for businesses that rely on their network for critical operations and require sophisticated tools to manage complexity, enhance security posture, and gain deep visibility into network behavior.
- Advanced Automation: Streamline network configuration, provisioning, and troubleshooting with intent-based networking principles.
- Network Assurance: Gain deep insights into network health and user experience with AI-driven analytics and proactive issue detection.
- Enhanced Security: Implement granular security policies, segmentation, and threat defense across the network.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations through a unified platform for policy and device management.
- Compliance and Optimization: Ensure regulatory adherence and optimize network resource utilization with advanced reporting and analytics.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade network intelligence and control, without the enterprise overhead, through this essential Cisco DNA Premier license.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate network configuration, provisioning, and policy deployment across the infrastructure. Streamline repetitive tasks and reduce the potential for human error in network management.
organizations with complex network topologies, businesses requiring rapid network changes, teams managing distributed network devices
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of granular security policies and network segmentation to protect sensitive data. Gain visibility into potential threats and proactively mitigate risks across the network.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with strict security compliance requirements, environments with a high volume of network traffic
Improve Network Performance and Assurance
Gain deep insights into network health and user experience through AI-driven analytics. Proactively identify and resolve performance issues before they impact business operations.
companies reliant on network uptime for revenue generation, organizations experiencing performance degradation, teams needing to optimize network resource allocation
Key Features
Intent-Based Networking
Simplify network operations and reduce configuration errors by defining desired outcomes rather than specific commands.
AI-Powered Network Analytics
Proactively identify and resolve network issues, improving user experience and reducing downtime.
Advanced Security Policies
Enhance security posture through granular policy enforcement and network segmentation.
Centralized Management Platform
Streamline network management and gain a unified view of your entire network infrastructure.
Software Subscription Model
Ensure continuous access to the latest features, security updates, and support for predictable budgeting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security, high network availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are addressed by Cisco DNA Premier's advanced features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure uninterrupted access to critical systems, supported by DNA Premier's assurance and security capabilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and assurance to maintain operational efficiency and uptime, while advanced security features protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure network solutions to support research, learning, and administrative functions, which DNA Premier facilitates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is the highest software subscription tier for Cisco's Digital Network Architecture. It unlocks advanced features for network automation, assurance, security, and policy management, designed to simplify and enhance network operations.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license SKU (C1A1ATC68401-SMS1) is designed for the Cisco Catalyst 6816 and 6824 platforms.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay recurring fees for access to the software features and support over a defined 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.