Cisco NAT64 Feature License for ASR1000
This Cisco NAT64 feature license for the ASR1000 platform enables critical IPv6 transition capabilities for up to 2 million concurrent sessions, ensuring your network can communicate across protocol versions.
- Access to IPv6 Transition: Unlock the ability to translate IPv6 traffic to IPv4, facilitating a smooth migration path.
- Capacity for Growth: Supports up to 2 million concurrent sessions, accommodating significant network traffic and user demand.
- Platform Specific: Designed exclusively for Cisco ASR1000 series routers, ensuring optimized performance and integration.
- Subscription Based: Provides ongoing access to the feature through a recurring subscription model for predictable budgeting.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco NAT64 feature license subscription for the ASR1000 platform, enabling the translation of IPv6 traffic to IPv4. It provides the capacity to support up to 2 million concurrent sessions, crucial for organizations managing the transition to IPv6 while maintaining connectivity with IPv4-only resources.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market companies utilize this license to ensure their Cisco ASR1000 routers can handle dual-stack environments or phased IPv6 deployments. It integrates directly into the existing ASR1000 infrastructure, enhancing its routing and translation capabilities without requiring new hardware.
- NAT64 Functionality: Enables Network Address Translation from IPv6 to IPv4.
- High Session Capacity: Supports up to 2,000,000 concurrent sessions.
- ASR1000 Platform: Specifically licensed for Cisco ASR1000 series routers.
- Subscription Term: Provided as a recurring subscription for continuous feature access.
- IPv6 Transition Support: Facilitates seamless communication between IPv6 and IPv4 networks.
This Cisco NAT64 license is the ideal solution for mid-market organizations needing to manage IPv6 adoption and ensure network interoperability.
What This Enables
Enable IPv6 Transition
Enable teams to gradually migrate to IPv6 by allowing communication with existing IPv4-only services. Streamline network upgrades by ensuring compatibility between new IPv6 deployments and legacy systems.
organizations deploying IPv6, networks with mixed IPv4/IPv6 environments, businesses requiring phased technology adoption, IT departments managing network modernization
Support Dual-Stack Networks
Support organizations running both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols simultaneously on their network infrastructure. Automate the translation process, simplifying management for IT professionals overseeing complex routing configurations.
businesses with evolving IP addressing strategies, enterprises managing hybrid network architectures, IT teams ensuring broad device compatibility
Maintain Interoperability
Streamline communication between IPv6-native clients and IPv4-only servers or applications. Ensure business-critical applications remain accessible regardless of their underlying IP protocol version.
companies with diverse application portfolios, organizations with external partners using different IP versions, IT departments focused on application uptime
Key Features
NAT64 Protocol Translation
Allows IPv6-enabled devices to communicate with IPv4-only resources, facilitating a smoother transition to IPv6.
Up to 2 Million Sessions
Provides substantial capacity to handle a large volume of concurrent translations, supporting significant network traffic and user demand.
Cisco ASR1000 Platform Support
Ensures seamless integration and optimized performance with your existing Cisco ASR1000 series routers.
Subscription Licensing
Offers a flexible, recurring model for continuous access to the feature, simplifying budgeting and ensuring ongoing support.
IPv6 Transition Enablement
Helps organizations meet evolving IP addressing standards and prepare their networks for the future of the internet.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust and compliant network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and ensure continuous service availability, making IPv6 transition management critical for future-proofing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain secure and reliable network operations for patient care systems, often dealing with complex legacy and modern IT environments that benefit from managed IP transitions.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments are increasingly adopting IoT devices and smart technologies that may utilize IPv6, necessitating seamless integration with existing IPv4 operational technology networks.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often pilot new technologies and manage diverse networks for students and staff, requiring flexible solutions to support evolving IP addressing schemes and research connectivity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is NAT64?
NAT64 is a mechanism that allows IPv6-only hosts to communicate with IPv4-only servers. It translates IPv6 addresses and packets into IPv4 addresses and packets, and vice versa, enabling interoperability between the two protocol versions.
What is the Cisco ASR1000 platform?
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers are high-performance, modular routers designed for enterprise edge, service provider edge, and data center edge deployments. They offer advanced routing, security, and WAN optimization services.
What does '2M Sessions' mean for this license?
This license enables your Cisco ASR1000 router to handle up to 2 million concurrent network sessions that require NAT64 translation. This capacity is crucial for networks with high traffic volumes or a large number of devices needing to communicate across IPv4 and IPv6.
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.