Cisco DNA Premier Software License for C3850 Series Switches
Cisco DNA Premier software licensing provides advanced network management and security capabilities for your C3850 series switches, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Advanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, user behavior, and application performance to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Implement granular access controls, threat detection, and automated policy enforcement to protect your network from evolving threats.
- Simplified Network Management: Centralize configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting across your network infrastructure, reducing operational overhead.
- Software Subscription Value: Benefit from continuous updates, new features, and ongoing support, ensuring your network remains current and secure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier software license subscription unlocks a suite of advanced network management, automation, and security features for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It provides comprehensive capabilities designed to simplify operations, enhance visibility, and strengthen security across your wired and wireless network infrastructure.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license is essential for businesses that rely on their network for critical operations. It integrates with your existing Cisco hardware, enabling advanced functionalities that support business continuity, compliance, and efficient resource utilization within your data center or campus network.
- Full Network Visibility: Understand application performance, user experience, and device health with deep packet inspection and analytics.
- Automated Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce network access policies consistently across wired and wireless users and devices.
- Integrated Security Features: Deploy advanced threat defense, segmentation, and compliance monitoring to safeguard your network.
- Centralized Management: Streamline network configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting from a single platform.
- Software Subscription Model: Receive continuous feature updates, security patches, and access to new innovations throughout the license term.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade network intelligence and control, without the enterprise overhead, through this essential Cisco DNA Premier license.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Security and Segmentation
Enable teams to implement granular security policies and network segmentation to isolate critical assets and protect against internal and external threats. Streamline compliance by enforcing access controls based on user identity and device posture.
wired and wireless networks, multi-VLAN environments, security-conscious operations
Automate Network Configuration and Policy Deployment
Streamline the deployment and management of network configurations and policies across multiple switches and locations. Automate repetitive tasks, reducing the risk of human error and freeing up IT staff for strategic initiatives.
growing organizations, distributed workforces, standardized IT environments
Gain Deep Network Visibility and Performance Insights
Enable IT professionals to monitor network health, application performance, and user experience in real-time. Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks proactively, ensuring business-critical applications remain available.
performance-sensitive applications, user experience monitoring, proactive issue resolution
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralize network management, automation, and analytics for improved operational efficiency and visibility.
Advanced Threat Defense
Proactively detect and mitigate security threats with integrated security intelligence and policy enforcement.
Network Assurance and Analytics
Gain deep insights into network performance and user experience to identify and resolve issues before they impact users.
Software Subscription
Benefit from continuous access to new features, security updates, and ongoing support, ensuring your network remains current and protected.
Policy-Based Automation
Simplify network operations by automating policy deployment and enforcement across your infrastructure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, strict compliance, and high network availability to protect sensitive data and ensure uninterrupted trading and customer service operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain secure, reliable networks to protect patient data (HIPAA compliance), support critical medical devices, and ensure continuous access to electronic health records.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand highly available and secure networks to support operational technology (OT), automation systems, and real-time data processing for efficient production.
Education & Research
Educational institutions need to manage large, diverse user populations, secure sensitive research data, and provide reliable network access for learning and administrative functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network management, automation, and security on Cisco Catalyst switches. It provides comprehensive capabilities for visibility, policy enforcement, and threat defense.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, E2N-C38501-C-P, is designed for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches with 24 ports.
What is the billing model?
This license is offered on a subscription basis, meaning you pay periodically (e.g., annually) for the right to use the software and receive updates 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.