Cisco DNA Premier C9500 Series Software Subscription
Cisco DNA Premier software subscription unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Advanced Network Automation: Streamline provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement across your network infrastructure.
- Enhanced Security Features: Gain access to robust security tools for threat detection, mitigation, and compliance.
- Intelligent Network Analytics: Utilize deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and potential issues.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates, new features, and ongoing support for your network software.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco DNA Premier is a comprehensive software subscription that unlocks advanced features and capabilities for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network switches. It provides a unified platform for network automation, security, and analytics, enabling businesses to manage their network more effectively and efficiently.
This subscription is designed for IT managers and professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to maintain a secure, high-performing, and compliant network. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, offering a powerful software layer to enhance the functionality of your core network infrastructure.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning, configuration updates, and policy deployment.
- Security Enforcement: Implement granular security policies, detect threats in real-time, and ensure compliance.
- Network Analytics: Gain visibility into network traffic, application performance, and user experience.
- Centralized Management: Manage network-wide policies and configurations from a single interface.
- Software Updates: Receive regular software updates, including new features and security patches, throughout the subscription term.
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription provides essential software capabilities for businesses seeking to modernize and secure their network infrastructure without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate device provisioning, configuration management, and policy deployment across the network. Streamline network operations and reduce manual intervention for faster service delivery.
wired networks, campus networks, data center interconnect, network segmentation
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation and enforcement of granular security policies to protect against evolving threats. Automate threat detection and response to maintain a secure operational environment.
network security, threat mitigation, compliance adherence, access control
Gain Deep Network Visibility
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize user experience. Enable teams to proactively monitor network health and application performance.
network monitoring, performance analytics, troubleshooting, capacity planning
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a centralized platform for network automation, policy enforcement, and analytics, simplifying network management.
Network Assurance Engine
Offers advanced analytics and AI-driven insights to proactively identify and resolve network issues, improving uptime.
Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
Enables policy-based automation from edge to cloud, segmenting the network for enhanced security and agility.
Identity Services Engine (ISE) Integration
Enhances security by providing granular access control and policy enforcement based on user and device identity.
Subscription-based Licensing
Offers predictable costs, access to the latest features, and continuous software updates throughout the subscription term.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, high availability, and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS, which Cisco DNA Premier helps to enforce through advanced security and automation features.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and reliable network operations to protect sensitive patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure critical systems remain operational, supported by DNA Premier's security and assurance capabilities.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses benefit from network segmentation for guest Wi-Fi and payment processing, alongside automation to manage distributed locations efficiently, all facilitated by DNA Premier.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand secure and stable networks for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, where DNA Premier's automation and security features can segment critical infrastructure and monitor performance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks advanced network automation, security, and analytics capabilities for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance performance.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license specifically applies to Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network switches, as indicated by the product series in the title and MPN.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is billed on a subscription basis, providing access to software features and updates for a defined 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.