Cisco DNA Premier C6840 High Density SMSK Subscription
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription provides advanced network management capabilities, ensuring your network operates at peak performance and remains compliant with industry standards for the duration of your term.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock sophisticated network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for enhanced visibility and control.
- Continuous Operation: Maintain uninterrupted network services and access to critical software updates and patches.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements and internal security policies with advanced network segmentation and policy enforcement.
- Predictable Budgeting: Benefit from a subscription-based model that simplifies IT budgeting and ensures access to the latest technology.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco DNA Premier C6840 High Density SMSK is a platform software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network management, automation, and security. This license provides entitlement to Cisco's Digital Network Architecture Premier features, ensuring your network infrastructure is optimized for performance, security, and compliance.
This subscription is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-market businesses who need to manage complex network environments. It integrates with Cisco hardware, providing a centralized platform for policy enforcement, threat defense, and operational insights, thereby reducing manual configuration and improving overall network health.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, device performance, and user behavior.
- Automated Policy Enforcement: Streamline the deployment and management of network policies across your infrastructure.
- Advanced Security Features: Implement robust security measures including threat detection, segmentation, and access control.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations through a unified platform for configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Scalable Performance: Designed to support high-density environments, ensuring your network can grow with your business needs.
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription is the ideal choice for businesses seeking to modernize their network operations with enterprise-grade features without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate repetitive network tasks, such as device provisioning and policy updates, reducing manual effort and potential for human error. Streamline network configuration and management across diverse environments for greater operational efficiency.
on-premises data centers, campus networks, hybrid cloud deployments, distributed branch offices
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and network segmentation to protect sensitive data and critical applications. Automate threat detection and response to minimize the impact of security incidents.
regulated industries, environments with sensitive data, organizations with remote access needs, multi-site operations
Improve Network Performance Monitoring
Enable teams to gain deep visibility into network traffic patterns, application performance, and user experience. Automate the collection and analysis of network telemetry to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
performance-sensitive applications, high-traffic networks, environments requiring detailed analytics, businesses focused on user experience
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Automation
Reduces manual configuration time and errors by automating network provisioning and policy deployment.
Network Assurance and Analytics
Provides deep insights into network health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution and improved user experience.
Advanced Security Features (e.g., Trustworthy Systems, Segmentation)
Enhances the security posture by enforcing granular access controls and protecting against advanced threats.
Software Subscription Model
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features, updates, and vendor support, simplifying budgeting and technology refresh cycles.
High Density Support
Designed to manage and scale in demanding network environments with a large number of devices and high traffic volumes.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security, high availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported 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 critical medical systems remain operational, benefiting from DNA Premier's security and assurance capabilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve complex, distributed networks and require high levels of uptime and security for operational technology (OT) systems, which DNA Premier can help manage and protect.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with many users and devices, requiring scalable solutions for security, policy enforcement, and efficient management, aligning with DNA Premier's features.
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 help organizations manage their networks more efficiently and securely.
What does 'High Density' refer to in this license?
High density typically refers to the license's capacity to support a large number of devices or endpoints within a network environment, making it suitable for larger or more complex deployments.
What is the benefit of a subscription license over a perpetual one?
Subscription licenses offer predictable costs, continuous access to the latest software features and updates, and often include ongoing support, which can simplify IT budgeting and ensure your network remains current and secure.
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.