Cisco C9300 DNA Premier License Subscription
The Cisco DNA Premier license subscription provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock sophisticated network automation, policy enforcement, and security analytics.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from continuous updates and support over a defined license term.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches, ensuring seamless integration.
- Compliance and Security: Maintain regulatory compliance and enhance your network's security posture.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier license subscription unlocks the full suite of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture capabilities for your Catalyst 9300 Series switches. It provides advanced features for network automation, policy-based access, security threat detection, and operational analytics, ensuring your network is secure, compliant, and efficient.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to gain granular control over their network infrastructure. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, enabling proactive management, faster troubleshooting, and a more secure user experience within their business operations.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular access control, threat detection, and response capabilities.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and potential issues.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network-wide policies consistently across all devices.
- Software Updates: Receive continuous software updates and feature enhancements throughout the license term.
This Cisco DNA Premier license is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to modernize their network infrastructure with enterprise-grade features without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations, provisioning, and policy deployments across their infrastructure. Streamline network operations and reduce manual errors, leading to increased efficiency and faster service delivery.
businesses with distributed network infrastructure, organizations managing multiple sites, teams requiring rapid device onboarding, companies focused on operational efficiency
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of granular security policies and gain visibility into potential threats across the network. Protect sensitive business data and ensure compliance with industry regulations through advanced threat detection and response capabilities.
companies handling sensitive customer data, organizations with strict compliance requirements, businesses operating in evolving threat landscapes, networks requiring segmented access control
Gain Deep Network Insights
Streamline the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize resource utilization. Improve troubleshooting speed and proactively address potential issues before they impact business operations.
businesses experiencing network performance issues, IT departments needing better visibility, organizations planning network upgrades, teams managing high-traffic environments
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralized management and automation of network policies and configurations from a single console.
Stealthwatch Security Features
Advanced threat detection, visibility, and response capabilities to protect against cyber threats.
Identity Services Engine (ISE) Integration
Enforce granular access control and policy-based segmentation for users and devices.
Network Assurance Engine
Proactive monitoring and analytics to ensure network health and performance.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and security updates.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive data and meet stringent regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and SOX, which DNA Premier's advanced security and policy features help address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain HIPAA compliance and secure patient data, necessitating advanced network segmentation, threat detection, and reliable access control that Cisco DNA Premier provides.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need to manage large, often distributed networks with many guest access points, requiring efficient automation, strong security for payment processing, and reliable performance for customer-facing services.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve complex operational technology (OT) networks alongside IT, demanding secure network segmentation, reliable connectivity, and centralized management to ensure operational continuity and safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks the most advanced features of Cisco's Digital Network Architecture. It provides comprehensive capabilities for network automation, security, and analytics, designed to simplify network management and enhance performance.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license SKU (C9300X-DNA-12Q-P) is designed for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches. It ensures that your existing hardware can leverage the advanced software features offered by Cisco DNA Premier.
How does a subscription license benefit my business?
A subscription license offers predictable operational expenses and ensures you always have access to the latest software features, security updates, and support. This model helps maintain compliance and keeps your network infrastructure modern and secure without large upfront capital expenditures.
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.