Cisco DNA Premier C9500 High SMS-1 Platform License
Cisco DNA Premier C9500 High SMS-1 licensing unlocks advanced network automation and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your network infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date licensing for regulatory adherence and vendor support.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management and troubleshooting with integrated software features.
- Continued Operation: Ensure uninterrupted access to essential software updates and technical support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier C9500 High SMS-1 license provides a subscription to Cisco's Digital Network Architecture Premier features specifically for the Catalyst 9500 Series High-performance switches. It enables advanced capabilities in network assurance, security, and automation, ensuring your network operates efficiently and securely.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations, this license integrates with existing Cisco hardware to enhance network visibility, policy enforcement, and threat defense. It supports businesses that rely on a stable, high-performance network for critical operations.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks for provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular access controls, threat detection, and segmentation.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and application health.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations through a unified management platform.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates and access to new features throughout the license term.
This Cisco DNA Premier license is the right choice for mid-market teams seeking to elevate their network's intelligence, security, and operational efficiency without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations and policy deployments across their infrastructure. Streamline the provisioning and management of network services, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
On-premises data centers, distributed enterprise campuses, hybrid cloud environments
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of advanced security policies, including micro-segmentation and threat detection. Automate the enforcement of access controls to protect sensitive data and critical applications from unauthorized access.
Regulated business operations, multi-tenant environments, networks with BYOD policies
Improve Network Visibility and Analytics
Enable IT professionals to gain deep insights into network performance, user experience, and application behavior. Automate the collection and analysis of network telemetry data to proactively identify and resolve issues.
Performance-sensitive business operations, networks supporting critical business applications, environments requiring detailed audit trails
Key Features
Cisco DNA Premier Software
Unlocks a full suite of advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for enhanced operational control.
Catalyst 9500 Series High-Performance Switches
Optimized for demanding enterprise campus and data center environments, ensuring high throughput and low latency.
Subscription-based Licensing
Provides access to the latest features and updates, ensuring your network remains current and secure throughout the license term.
Network Assurance Engine
Delivers AI-driven insights and diagnostics to proactively identify and resolve network issues, minimizing downtime.
Advanced Security Features
Enables granular policy enforcement, threat defense, and segmentation to protect your network and data.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict 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 security and assurance capabilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from the automation and visibility provided by DNA Premier to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks, ensuring efficiency and uptime for production lines.
Education & Research
Educational institutions require scalable, secure networks to support a large number of users and devices, with features like advanced security and policy enforcement crucial for managing diverse network access.
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 and optimize their networks more effectively.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C1A1TC95001-SMS1, is for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series High-performance switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is a subscription-based model, meaning it is billed periodically (e.g., annually) for the duration of the license 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.