Cisco DNA Premier C9500 Series Software Subscription
Cisco DNA Premier software subscription provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your Cisco Catalyst 9500 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock intelligent network automation, granular security policies, and deep network insights for proactive management.
- Continuous Updates: Benefit from ongoing software enhancements, security patches, and new feature releases throughout the subscription term.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain regulatory compliance and internal policy adherence with robust security and visibility tools.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network operations, reduce manual configuration, and minimize downtime through centralized control and automation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier software subscription is designed for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches, providing a comprehensive suite of capabilities for network automation, security, and analytics. It enables advanced features that enhance network visibility, control, and operational efficiency, ensuring your network infrastructure is secure and performing optimally.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this subscription to gain intelligent insights into their network traffic, automate complex configurations, and enforce security policies across their wired and wireless environments. It integrates with existing Cisco infrastructure, offering a unified platform for managing network resources effectively.
- Intelligent Network Automation: Automate device provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment across your network.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular security policies, threat detection, and mitigation for enhanced network protection.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep visibility into network performance, user behavior, and application usage for informed decision-making.
- Software Updates & Support: Receive continuous software updates, bug fixes, and access to Cisco technical support.
- Centralized Management: Manage network policies and configurations from a single, intuitive platform.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade network intelligence and automation, without the enterprise overhead, through Cisco DNA Premier.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate device provisioning, configuration updates, and policy enforcement across the network. Streamline network deployments and reduce the time spent on repetitive manual tasks.
organizations with distributed network infrastructure, businesses managing multiple network device types, teams requiring rapid network changes, environments with limited IT staff.
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and threat detection mechanisms across the network. Automate responses to security incidents to protect sensitive business data.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations with regulatory compliance requirements, companies with a remote or hybrid workforce, environments with increasing cyber threats.
Gain Deep Network Visibility and Analytics
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize user experience. Enable proactive identification of potential issues before they impact operations.
companies experiencing performance degradation, businesses needing to understand application usage, IT departments focused on service level agreements, organizations planning network upgrades.
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Provides a centralized platform for network management, automation, and policy enforcement, simplifying complex operations.
Network Assurance Engine
Offers proactive monitoring and troubleshooting, identifying issues before they impact end-users and business operations.
Advanced Threat Defense
Integrates security intelligence to detect and mitigate threats, protecting your network and data from malicious activity.
Software Subscription Model
Ensures access to the latest features, security patches, and ongoing support, keeping your network modern and secure.
Scalable Licensing
Allows organizations to scale their network management capabilities as their business grows and evolves.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security and compliance to protect sensitive financial data and meet stringent regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable networks to manage patient data (HIPAA compliance) and ensure continuous availability of critical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure production uptime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions require scalable network solutions to support a large number of users and devices, while managing security and access control effectively.
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 for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. It unlocks intelligent features to manage and optimize your network infrastructure.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, C1A1TC95006, is for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches. The 'C9500' in the product code indicates compatibility with this platform.
What is the billing model for this subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, typically annually or for a multi-year term, providing continuous access to software features and support.
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.