Cisco IE 5000 DNA Advantage License
The Cisco IE 5000 DNA Advantage license provides advanced network automation, security, and analytics for your industrial network infrastructure over a one-year term.
- Advanced Security: Gain access to enhanced threat detection and mitigation capabilities to safeguard your operational technology environment.
- Network Automation: Streamline network configuration, deployment, and management tasks, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
- Visibility and Analytics: Obtain deeper insights into network performance and health, enabling proactive issue resolution and optimization.
- Compliance and Support: Ensure your network adheres to industry standards and maintain access to Cisco's technical support for uninterrupted operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco IE 5000 DNA Advantage license unlocks a suite of advanced software features designed to enhance the security, automation, and visibility of your industrial network switches. It provides a one-year subscription term, ensuring you have access to the latest capabilities and ongoing support.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in manufacturing, logistics, and other industrial sectors, this license is crucial for organizations that rely on robust and secure network operations. It integrates with Cisco's DNA Center for centralized management, fitting into environments that require high availability and stringent security protocols.
- Enhanced Network Security: Implement advanced threat defense mechanisms and policy enforcement.
- Intelligent Network Automation: Automate routine tasks for faster deployment and simplified management.
- Network Assurance and Analytics: Gain real-time insights into network health and performance.
- Software Subscription: Benefit from a flexible, subscription-based model for predictable costs and continuous feature updates.
- Optimized for Industrial Environments: Designed to support the demanding requirements of operational technology (OT) networks.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to elevate their industrial network's security and operational efficiency.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Automation
Enable teams to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of Cisco IE 5000 switches. This streamlines network operations, reduces manual errors, and accelerates deployment times for new equipment or network changes.
organizations deploying new industrial equipment, teams managing distributed network sites, businesses standardizing network configurations
Enhance Network Security Posture
Streamline the implementation of advanced security policies and threat detection mechanisms across the industrial network. This helps protect critical operational technology (OT) from cyber threats and ensures compliance with security standards.
businesses operating in regulated industries, organizations with sensitive data, companies implementing zero-trust security models
Improve Network Visibility and Analytics
Automate the collection and analysis of network performance data to gain deep insights into operational health. This allows IT professionals to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact operations.
teams managing high-availability networks, organizations focused on performance optimization, businesses seeking to reduce downtime
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Software
Unlocks advanced automation, security, and analytics capabilities for industrial network switches.
1 Year Term License
Provides access to features and support for a defined period with predictable subscription costs.
IE 5000 Series Support
Specifically designed to enhance the functionality of Cisco IE 5000 industrial Ethernet switches.
Network Automation
Reduces manual configuration effort and speeds up network deployment and changes.
Advanced Security Features
Strengthens defenses against cyber threats targeting operational technology environments.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks require high reliability, security, and the ability to manage operational technology (OT) environments, which DNA Advantage is designed to support.
Transportation & Logistics
These sectors often deploy distributed industrial switches in challenging environments that benefit from centralized management, automation, and robust security features.
Energy & Utilities
Critical infrastructure relies on secure and highly available networks; DNA Advantage provides the necessary tools for enhanced security and operational visibility.
Retail & Hospitality
While often associated with enterprise networks, retail and hospitality can utilize industrial switches in specific operational areas like warehouses or back-end facilities requiring secure and manageable connectivity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network automation, security, and analytics on Cisco networking hardware. It is designed to simplify network management and enhance security.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, IE5000-DNA-A-H-1Y, is for the Cisco IE 5000 series industrial Ethernet switches.
What is the term of this license?
This is a one-year term license. Upon expiration, renewal will be required to continue using the DNA Advantage features.
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.