Cisco Enterprise Management PI 3.X LF, AS & APIC-EM License
This Cisco Enterprise Management license subscription provides essential software entitlements for network visibility and control, ensuring your IT infrastructure operates efficiently.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.X features and APIC-EM capabilities.
- Feature Access: Unlocks advanced network monitoring, troubleshooting, and policy enforcement tools.
- Compliance: Ensures your network management software is licensed and up-to-date, meeting regulatory needs.
- Operational Efficiency: Enables IT teams to proactively manage network health and performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Enterprise Management Prime Infrastructure 3.X License with APIC-EM entitlement is a subscription-based software license that grants access to advanced network management and application policy infrastructure capabilities. This license is designed to provide IT professionals with the tools needed for comprehensive network monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within small to mid-market businesses that rely on complex network infrastructures. It integrates into existing Cisco environments, providing a centralized platform for managing network devices, ensuring application performance, and maintaining operational continuity.
- Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network topology, device status, and traffic patterns.
- Application Performance: Monitor and manage application performance across the network with APIC-EM.
- Troubleshooting Tools: Accelerate issue resolution with advanced diagnostic and root cause analysis features.
- Policy Management: Define and enforce network access and application policies for enhanced security.
- Scalability: Supports growing network environments with flexible licensing options.
This Cisco license empowers SMB and mid-market IT teams to manage complex networks effectively, ensuring performance and reliability without enterprise-level overhead.
What This Enables
Enable proactive network health monitoring
Enable teams to gain real-time visibility into network device status, traffic flow, and potential performance bottlenecks. Streamline the identification and resolution of network issues before they impact users or business operations.
on-premises networks, hybrid cloud environments, multi-site deployments
Optimize application performance across the network
Streamline the management of application performance by providing insights into application traffic and dependencies. Automate the enforcement of network policies to ensure critical business applications receive the necessary resources and priority.
business-critical application delivery, user experience management, network segmentation
Enhance network security and compliance
Enable teams to enforce network access policies and monitor for unauthorized devices or traffic patterns. Automate reporting and auditing capabilities to meet regulatory compliance requirements and internal security standards.
regulatory compliance, access control, security posture management
Key Features
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.X
Provides comprehensive network monitoring, management, and troubleshooting capabilities for Cisco environments.
APIC-EM (Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module)
Enables application-aware networking, allowing for granular policy control based on application type.
Subscription Licensing
Offers flexible, ongoing access to the latest software features and support without large upfront capital expenditure.
Centralized Management Console
Reduces operational complexity by providing a single pane of glass for managing diverse network elements.
Proactive Alerting and Reporting
Helps IT teams identify and address potential issues before they cause service disruptions, ensuring business continuity.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires high availability and robust security for sensitive financial data, making advanced network management and application performance crucial for compliance and operational integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on reliable network performance for critical patient care systems and must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating precise network control and monitoring.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often involve complex, distributed networks supporting operational technology (OT) and IT systems, requiring sophisticated management to ensure uptime and efficiency.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with many users and devices, needing efficient tools to monitor performance, manage bandwidth, and ensure security across campus-wide infrastructures.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Prime Infrastructure?
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management solution that provides a unified platform for managing Cisco networks. It offers capabilities for monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting on network devices and services.
What is APIC-EM?
APIC-EM, or Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module, is a controller that enables application-aware networking. It allows IT administrators to define and enforce network policies based on application identification.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, providing ongoing access to the software and its updates for the duration of the subscription 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.