Cisco Enterprise Core Switching DNA Advantage Subscription
Unlock advanced network management and security capabilities for your Cisco core switching infrastructure with the Cisco DNA Advantage subscription, providing essential features for a full year.
- Access to Advanced Features: Gain entitlement to enhanced network automation, security policies, and analytics for your core switching environment.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and security patches, ensuring your network adheres to industry regulations and vendor support requirements.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting through centralized management tools and intelligent insights.
- Predictable Costing: Benefit from a subscription-based model that offers clear budgeting and avoids large upfront capital expenditures for software licenses.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription provides essential software licensing for enterprise core switching platforms. It unlocks advanced features for network automation, security, and analytics, ensuring your network operates efficiently and securely.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations, this subscription integrates with existing Cisco hardware to enhance network visibility and control. It supports businesses that rely on their network for critical operations and require robust management capabilities without the overhead of enterprise-scale solutions.
- Enhanced Network Automation: Automate repetitive tasks like configuration deployment and policy enforcement across your core switching infrastructure.
- Advanced Security Features: Implement granular security policies, threat detection, and segmentation to protect your network from evolving cyber threats.
- Network Analytics and Insights: Gain deep visibility into network performance, traffic patterns, and user behavior to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Centralized Management: Simplify network operations through a unified platform for monitoring, managing, and troubleshooting your switching environment.
- Software Subscription Model: Benefit from continuous access to the latest software updates, features, and security patches under a predictable subscription term.
This Cisco DNA Advantage subscription is the ideal solution for mid-market businesses seeking to modernize their core network infrastructure with enterprise-grade capabilities.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate the deployment of configurations and policies across their core switching infrastructure. Streamline network operations and reduce the risk of manual errors.
businesses with distributed network devices, IT teams managing multiple sites, organizations standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of granular security policies and threat detection mechanisms within the core network. Automate security updates to protect against evolving cyber threats.
organizations with strict security requirements, businesses handling sensitive data, companies needing to segment network traffic
Gain Deeper Network Visibility
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize traffic flow. Provide IT professionals with actionable insights for proactive management.
businesses experiencing network performance issues, IT departments needing to justify infrastructure investments, companies monitoring critical application performance
Key Features
Cisco DNA Center Integration
Centralize network management and automation through a single platform, simplifying operations and reducing complexity.
Advanced Security Policies
Implement granular access controls and threat mitigation strategies to protect your network from unauthorized access and cyberattacks.
Network Analytics
Gain deep insights into network traffic and performance to proactively identify issues and optimize resource utilization.
Software Subscription
Access continuous software updates, new features, and security patches, ensuring your network remains current and protected.
Intent-Based Networking
Translate business intent into network policies, allowing for automated provisioning and assurance of network behavior.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure and reliable core network infrastructure to protect sensitive customer data and ensure uninterrupted trading operations, making advanced security and automation features critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain strict data privacy and compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating robust network security, segmentation, and reliable performance for critical patient care systems.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on stable and secure networks for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer Wi-Fi, benefiting from automation to manage distributed locations efficiently.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand resilient and secure networks for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, where automation and visibility are key to maintaining production uptime and data integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for Cisco networking hardware, including core switching. It provides capabilities for automation, security, and analytics.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco enterprise core switching platforms. Specific compatibility should be verified based on your existing hardware models.
What is the term of this subscription?
Subscription terms can vary, but this license is typically offered on an annual or multi-year basis. The specific term is defined at the time of purchase.
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.