Cisco IE 5000 DNA Advantage License
This Cisco DNA Advantage license provides advanced network management and security features for your Cisco IE 5000 industrial switches over a 3-year term.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock enhanced security, automation, and visibility tools for your industrial network infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date software and security patches, crucial for operational technology environments.
- Predictable Budgeting: Subscription-based licensing offers clear cost management over the 3-year term.
- Continued Operation: Ensures ongoing support and access to critical software updates for uninterrupted network performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco IE 5000 DNA Advantage license is a subscription-based software entitlement designed to enhance the capabilities of Cisco IE 5000 series industrial switches. It unlocks a suite of advanced features focused on network assurance, security, and automation, ensuring your operational technology environment is secure, efficient, and compliant.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in manufacturing, logistics, and other industrial sectors who need to manage and secure critical network infrastructure. It integrates with Cisco's DNA Center for centralized management, providing visibility and control over distributed industrial networks.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic and device performance.
- Advanced Security: Implement robust security policies and threat detection for industrial control systems.
- Automation Capabilities: Streamline network configuration and deployment tasks.
- Centralized Management: Manage multiple devices from a single console via Cisco DNA Center.
- Subscription Term: Provides access to features and support for a defined 3-year period.
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is the right choice for industrial businesses seeking to modernize their network management and security posture.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Security
Enable teams to deploy advanced security policies and threat detection mechanisms across industrial networks. Streamline the process of identifying and mitigating potential cyber threats to operational technology systems.
industrial control systems, operational technology environments, distributed network infrastructure, compliance-driven operations
Automate Network Configurations
Automate repetitive network configuration tasks, reducing manual errors and deployment time for industrial switches. Streamline the provisioning and management of network devices in large or geographically dispersed facilities.
multi-site deployments, large-scale switch installations, IT teams with limited resources, rapid deployment needs
Enhance Network Visibility and Assurance
Enable teams to gain deeper insights into network performance and device health through advanced analytics. Streamline troubleshooting by quickly identifying the root cause of network issues impacting operations.
critical infrastructure monitoring, performance-sensitive operations, proactive network management, IT support teams
Key Features
Cisco DNA Assurance
Proactively identify and resolve network issues before they impact operations, ensuring high availability for critical industrial processes.
Advanced Security Features
Protect sensitive operational technology (OT) systems from cyber threats with enhanced segmentation and policy enforcement.
Network Automation
Reduce manual configuration errors and speed up deployment of network changes across your industrial environment.
Centralized Management via DNA Center
Gain a single pane of glass for managing and monitoring your industrial network infrastructure, simplifying IT operations.
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support for your Cisco IE 5000 switches over three years.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial switches are critical for operational technology (OT) networks in manufacturing, requiring robust security and high availability features provided by DNA Advantage.
Transportation & Logistics
This sector relies on reliable network connectivity for tracking, management, and operational efficiency, making advanced network assurance and security essential.
Energy & Utilities
Critical infrastructure in energy and utilities demands secure and highly available networks, where DNA Advantage features can help maintain operational integrity and compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
While not strictly industrial, healthcare facilities often use industrial-grade networking in labs or facilities management, benefiting from enhanced security and management for uptime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a software subscription that unlocks advanced features for network management, security, and automation. For the IE 5000 series, it enhances the capabilities of industrial switches.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, IE5000-DNA-A-H-3Y, is for the Cisco IE 5000 series of industrial network switches.
What is the term of this license?
This is a 3-year term license, meaning you have access to the DNA Advantage features and support for a period of three years from the activation date.
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.