Cisco DNA Software Subscription for Nexus 9000 Series
This Cisco DNA software subscription provides essential licensing for your Nexus 9000 series switches, ensuring continued operation and access to critical network features for three years.
- License Term: Enjoy three years of uninterrupted access to Cisco's advanced network software features and support.
- Platform Coverage: Specifically designed for Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches, enhancing your data center network capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain software compliance and avoid operational disruptions with a valid, vendor-supported license.
- Feature Enablement: Unlock advanced functionalities and management capabilities for your core network infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a three-year Cisco DNA software subscription license for Nexus 9000 series switches. It provides the necessary entitlement to operate and manage your data center switching infrastructure with Cisco's latest software features and support.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license ensures that your core network hardware remains compliant and fully functional, enabling efficient data center operations without enterprise-level overhead.
- Software Entitlement: Grants the right to use specific Cisco Nexus software features for the licensed term.
- Subscription Billing: A predictable, recurring cost model for managing software expenses over time.
- Nexus 9000 Series: Directly applies to Cisco's high-performance data center switching platform.
- Compliance and Support: Ensures your network runs on supported software versions, reducing security risks and enabling access to technical assistance.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees that essential network functions remain active and accessible throughout the subscription period.
This Cisco software subscription is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams needing to maintain compliant and fully functional Nexus data center networks.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Management Features
Enable teams to deploy and utilize advanced network management and automation features for their Nexus 9000 series switches. Streamline configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting processes for improved network efficiency.
data center operations, network infrastructure management, IT operations, technology modernization
Ensure Software Compliance and Support
Streamline the process of maintaining software compliance and vendor support for critical network hardware. Automate the renewal of licenses to prevent service interruptions and security risks.
IT asset management, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, business continuity planning
Maintain Operational Continuity
Automate the renewal of essential software licenses to ensure continuous operation of your data center network. Protect against unexpected service disruptions and maintain productivity.
network uptime, business operations, IT service delivery, infrastructure stability
Key Features
Three-year subscription term
Provides predictable budgeting and ensures access to software features and support for an extended period.
Nexus 9000 series platform
Specifically designed to enhance the capabilities of your Cisco data center switches.
Software feature entitlement
Unlocks advanced functionalities for network management, automation, and security.
Compliance and vendor support
Ensures your network operates on supported software, reducing security risks and enabling access to technical assistance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and comply with strict regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain robust network security and data privacy to comply with HIPAA regulations, ensuring patient data is protected and systems are always operational.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and predictable network performance for operational technology (OT) systems, requiring consistent access to supported software for uptime and security.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks with diverse user needs, requiring efficient management tools and reliable infrastructure to support academic and administrative functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco DNA Software Subscription?
A Cisco DNA Software Subscription is a licensing model that provides access to Cisco's network software features and support for a defined period, typically on a subscription basis. It ensures your network hardware remains compliant and benefits from ongoing updates.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, WPA-N5K-3Y-OALIC-C, is for the Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches, which are commonly used in data center environments.
Why is a software license important for network hardware?
Software licenses are crucial for ensuring network hardware operates legally, securely, and with access to the latest features and vendor support. Without a valid license, you risk compliance violations, security vulnerabilities, and loss of essential functionality.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.