Cisco ALTEON GEL PERFORM PRO - 1G - 8 VAS/VADCS Platform License
The Cisco ALTEON GEL PERFORM PRO license provides 1 Gigabit per second of performance capacity with 8 VAS/VADCS, enabling enhanced application delivery and load balancing for your critical business systems.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced platform features and ongoing software updates.
- Billing Model: Annual subscription ensures predictable operational expenses and continuous access to entitlements.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco's Alteon application delivery platforms, enhancing their core functionality.
- Key Value: Maintains compliance, unlocks essential performance features, and ensures uninterrupted service operation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license subscription for Cisco's Alteon application delivery solutions. It unlocks 1 Gigabit per second of performance capacity and includes 8 Virtual Application Services (VAS) or Virtual Application Delivery Controllers (VADC) licenses, providing essential capabilities for optimizing application traffic and ensuring high availability.
Businesses with dedicated IT departments or IT professionals managing their own infrastructure will utilize this license to enhance their existing Cisco Alteon deployment. It is ideal for organizations seeking to improve application responsiveness, manage complex traffic patterns, and maintain robust performance for their internal business applications.
- Enhanced Application Performance: Accelerates application response times and improves user experience.
- Traffic Management: Optimizes traffic distribution across servers for better resource utilization.
- High Availability: Ensures continuous application availability through intelligent load balancing and failover.
- Scalability: Provides capacity for growth with 1 Gbps performance and 8 VAS/VADCS.
- Compliance and Security: Supports features that aid in meeting regulatory requirements and securing application access.
This Cisco license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing to boost application performance and reliability without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Teams to Optimize Application Delivery
Enable teams to improve the speed and reliability of critical business applications. Streamline traffic management to ensure consistent user access and performance across the network.
on-premises data centers, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized server infrastructure, business-critical application hosting
Streamline Load Balancing and High Availability
Streamline the distribution of incoming traffic across multiple servers to prevent overload and ensure continuous service availability. Automate failover processes to minimize application downtime during hardware or software issues.
production server farms, web application hosting, database server clusters, internal business application platforms
Automate Performance Tuning and Resource Allocation
Automate the dynamic allocation of resources based on real-time traffic demands to maintain optimal application performance. Ensure compliance with performance SLAs by providing consistent and predictable application response times.
high-traffic web portals, e-commerce platforms, internal SaaS applications, business process management systems
Key Features
1 Gigabit per second performance capacity
Ensures high throughput for demanding application traffic, improving user experience and operational efficiency.
8 Virtual Application Services (VAS) / Virtual Application Delivery Controllers (VADC)
Provides the flexibility to deploy multiple application delivery functions and manage diverse application workloads.
Subscription-based licensing
Offers predictable operational expenses and continuous access to the latest software features and security updates.
Cisco Alteon platform compatibility
Integrates seamlessly with existing Cisco Alteon hardware, maximizing the value of current investments.
Advanced traffic management features
Enables intelligent load balancing, health checks, and content switching to optimize application delivery and availability.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and low latency for trading platforms and customer-facing applications, making advanced application delivery essential for performance and compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need reliable access to patient data and critical systems, demanding robust application delivery solutions to ensure uptime and support regulatory requirements like HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups rely on consistent application performance for e-commerce, point-of-sale systems, and customer engagement, especially during peak seasons.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations depend on the continuous availability of control systems, supply chain management software, and IoT platforms to maintain production efficiency and safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco ALTEON GEL PERFORM PRO license?
This is a subscription license for Cisco's Alteon application delivery platforms. It provides 1 Gigabit per second of performance capacity and includes 8 VAS/VADCS, enabling enhanced application traffic management and availability.
What does the 1G and 8 VAS/VADCS mean?
The 1G refers to 1 Gigabit per second of throughput capacity the license enables. The 8 VAS/VADCS indicates the number of Virtual Application Services or Virtual Application Delivery Controllers you can deploy, allowing for multiple application delivery functions.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, typically annually. This model ensures you always have access to the latest software features and support.
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.