Cisco DNA Premier Software Subscription for Catalyst 9000 Series
Cisco DNA Premier software subscription provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your Cisco Catalyst infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock sophisticated network automation, policy enforcement, and security analytics capabilities.
- Continuous Updates: Benefit from ongoing software enhancements, security patches, and new feature releases throughout the subscription term.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to industry regulations and internal security policies with integrated compliance tools.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network management tasks, reduce manual configuration, and gain deeper visibility into network health.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription is a platform software license designed to unlock advanced capabilities for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches. It provides a comprehensive suite of features focused on network automation, security, and analytics, enabling a more intelligent and responsive network infrastructure.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this subscription to gain granular control over their network environment. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware, enhancing its functionality and providing tools for proactive management, policy enforcement, and threat detection within their business operations.
- Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like device provisioning, configuration, and policy deployment.
- Advanced Security: Implement granular security policies, detect threats, and enforce compliance across the network.
- Network Analytics: Gain deep insights into network performance, user behavior, and application usage.
- Centralized Management: Manage network policies and configurations from a single, unified platform.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from continuous updates, new features, and ongoing support as part of a predictable billing model.
This Cisco DNA Premier subscription is ideal for businesses seeking to modernize their network infrastructure with enterprise-grade automation and security without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate device provisioning, configuration management, and policy deployment across the network. Streamline network operations and reduce manual intervention, leading to faster service delivery and fewer errors.
organizations with growing network complexity, teams managing distributed network sites, businesses standardizing on Cisco infrastructure
Enhance Network Security and Compliance
Automate the enforcement of security policies and compliance standards across the entire network infrastructure. Protect sensitive data and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements through granular access controls and threat detection.
businesses handling sensitive customer data, organizations subject to regulatory audits, companies implementing zero-trust security models
Gain Deep Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize user experience. Automate the generation of reports on network health, application performance, and user activity.
teams focused on network performance optimization, organizations needing to troubleshoot user experience issues, businesses with critical application uptime requirements
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Automation
Automate network provisioning, configuration, and policy updates to reduce manual effort and errors.
Stealthwatch Security Analytics
Gain visibility into network traffic, detect threats, and enforce security policies to protect your business.
Network Assurance Engine
Proactively monitor network health and performance, identify issues before they impact users, and ensure service level agreements are met.
Software Subscription Model
Benefit from continuous feature updates, security patches, and ongoing support with predictable billing.
Centralized Policy Management
Define and enforce network-wide policies from a single console, ensuring consistency and compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security and compliance measures, which Cisco DNA Premier's advanced security and policy enforcement features help to address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain high levels of data security and network availability to comply with regulations like HIPAA, supported by DNA Premier's robust security and assurance capabilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments benefit from network automation and visibility to manage complex operational technology (OT) networks and ensure uptime for critical production systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require efficient network management and security to protect student and research data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Premier?
Cisco DNA Premier is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches, including network automation, security analytics, and assurance capabilities.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco Catalyst 9000 series network switches. The specific compatibility should be verified based on your existing hardware model.
What is the billing model?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis (e.g., annually) for the duration of the 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.