Cisco DNA Premier C9500 Low Ops
Cisco DNA Premier C9500 licensing provides advanced network automation and security features, ensuring your enterprise-grade network operates efficiently and compliantly.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock enhanced network automation, programmability, and security capabilities for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches.
- Compliance and Security: Maintain regulatory compliance and strengthen your network's security posture with integrated threat detection and policy enforcement.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management, reduce manual configuration, and gain deeper visibility into network performance and health.
- Continued Operation: Ensure uninterrupted service and access to critical software updates and support for your core network infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier C9500 license subscription unlocks the full suite of Cisco Digital Network Architecture features for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches. It provides advanced capabilities for network automation, assurance, security, and programmability, ensuring your network infrastructure is optimized for modern business demands.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this licensing is essential for businesses that rely on their network for critical operations. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, enhancing its functionality and providing a unified platform for network management and control.
- Full DNA Premier Features: Enables advanced network automation, policy enforcement, and security analytics.
- Catalyst 9500 Series Support: Specifically designed for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance campus core and data center switches.
- Subscription-Based: Offers flexible, term-based access to software features and updates.
- Enhanced Network Assurance: Provides deep insights into network health, performance, and user experience.
- Integrated Security: Delivers advanced threat detection, mitigation, and policy-driven security across the network.
This Cisco DNA Premier license is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to modernize their network infrastructure with enterprise-level automation and security without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate repetitive network configuration tasks, reducing manual errors and deployment times. Streamline the provisioning and management of network services across the campus and branch environments.
organizations deploying new network services, teams managing distributed network infrastructure, businesses standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security policies across the network, ensuring consistent protection against threats. Gain deeper visibility into network traffic and user behavior to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
businesses with strict compliance requirements, organizations implementing zero-trust security models, teams managing sensitive data
Improve Network Performance and Assurance
Streamline network troubleshooting by gaining real-time insights into network health and user experience. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they impact end-users.
companies reliant on network uptime, teams managing performance-sensitive applications, organizations seeking to optimize user experience
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and speeds up network service deployment.
Network Assurance Engine
Provides deep visibility into network health and user experience for faster troubleshooting.
Stealthwatch Security Analytics
Offers advanced threat detection and visibility across the network.
Policy-Based Automation
Enforces consistent network policies for security and access control.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible access to features and ensures access to the latest software updates.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure, reliable, and compliant networks to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous trading operations, which Cisco DNA Premier facilitates through advanced security and automation.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA and ensure constant availability of critical systems, benefiting from Cisco DNA Premier's robust security and network assurance capabilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand highly available and secure networks for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, where Cisco DNA Premier's automation and visibility can optimize performance and reduce downtime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require scalable, secure networks to support research and learning, benefiting from Cisco DNA Premier's policy-based access control and network segmentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network automation, assurance, and security on Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools to manage and optimize your network infrastructure.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C1A1TC95002-OPS, is designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches, which are high-performance campus core and data center switches.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis for a defined term, providing continuous access to the software features and updates.
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.