Cisco DNA Premier C9500 High Subscription License
Cisco DNA Premier C9500 licensing provides advanced network automation and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock intelligent network automation, enhanced security policies, and granular visibility for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series.
- Subscription-Based Value: Benefit from predictable billing and continuous access to the latest software updates and security patches throughout your subscription term.
- Enhanced Network Control: Gain deeper insights into network traffic and user behavior, enabling proactive management and faster issue resolution.
- Compliance and Security: Maintain regulatory compliance and strengthen your security posture with integrated threat detection and policy enforcement capabilities.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription license unlocks the full suite of Cisco Digital Network Architecture features for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switches. It provides advanced capabilities for network automation, security, and analytics, ensuring your network operates efficiently and securely.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations, this license integrates with existing Cisco infrastructure to provide a unified and intelligent network management experience. It is ideal for businesses looking to modernize their network operations and gain greater control over their IT environment.
- Intelligent Network Automation: Automate device provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment across your network.
- Advanced Security Features: Implement granular security policies, detect threats, and enforce compliance with integrated security tools.
- Network Analytics and Insights: Gain deep visibility into network performance, user activity, and application usage for informed decision-making.
- Centralized Management: Manage your network from a single pane of glass, simplifying operations and reducing complexity.
- Software Subscription Model: Benefit from continuous software updates, feature enhancements, and ongoing support throughout the license term.
This Cisco DNA Premier license is the ideal solution for mid-market businesses seeking to elevate their network's intelligence, security, and operational efficiency.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate repetitive network tasks, such as device provisioning and configuration updates. Streamline network operations and reduce the risk of human error through centralized policy management.
organizations with distributed network infrastructure, businesses standardizing on Cisco hardware, teams managing multi-site deployments
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies across the network to protect against evolving threats. Gain granular visibility into network traffic and user behavior to detect and respond to security incidents faster.
businesses handling sensitive data, organizations with strict compliance requirements, teams managing BYOD environments
Improve Network Performance and Visibility
Streamline network troubleshooting by gaining deep insights into application performance and user experience. Optimize network resources and proactively identify potential bottlenecks before they impact operations.
companies reliant on critical business applications, organizations experiencing network performance issues, teams focused on service level agreements
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a single dashboard for network automation, policy enforcement, and analytics, simplifying management.
Advanced Security Policies
Enables granular control over network access and traffic, enhancing protection against cyber threats.
Network Analytics Engine
Offers deep insights into network health, performance, and user behavior for proactive management.
Software Subscription
Ensures access to the latest software updates, features, and security patches throughout the license term.
Intent-Based Networking
Allows IT to translate business intent into network policies, automating complex configurations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high availability, and compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by Cisco DNA Premier's advanced features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure secure, reliable network access for critical patient data and medical devices, benefiting from DNA Premier's security and segmentation capabilities.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need to manage large networks with many access points, secure guest Wi-Fi, and ensure smooth operations for point-of-sale systems, leveraging DNA Premier for simplified management and enhanced security.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage diverse user groups and devices, requiring scalable network solutions that can enforce policies, provide secure access, and offer deep visibility into network usage, aligning with DNA Premier's features.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco networking hardware, focusing on automation, security, and analytics to create an intelligent network.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C1A2TC95001-SMSK, is for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance network switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for the duration of the subscription 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.