Cisco IE 9300 DNA Essentials License
This Cisco DNA Essentials license provides essential network management and security features for your IE 9300 Series devices over a 5-year term.
- Essential Features: Unlocks core network visibility, security, and automation capabilities for industrial network devices.
- 5-Year Term: Ensures continuous access to software updates and support for a predictable operational period.
- Compliance & Security: Helps maintain network integrity and security posture through managed access and policy enforcement.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines network management tasks, reducing manual effort and potential for errors.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco IE 9300 DNA Essentials license is a subscription-based software entitlement designed to enhance the functionality of Cisco IE 9300 Series Industrial Ethernet switches. It provides core network management, security, and automation features, ensuring your industrial network infrastructure operates efficiently and securely.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for deploying and managing industrial network environments. It integrates with the Cisco DNA Center platform, offering centralized control and visibility over network devices, which is crucial for maintaining operational uptime and security in demanding industrial settings.
- Core Network Visibility: Gain deeper insights into network traffic and device status.
- Enhanced Security: Implement basic security policies and threat detection capabilities.
- Automation Tools: Automate routine network configuration and deployment tasks.
- Software Updates: Access to software updates and bug fixes for the licensed duration.
- Centralized Management: Integrates with Cisco DNA Center for unified network control.
This Cisco DNA Essentials license is the right choice for businesses needing essential network management and security for their industrial environments without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Network Visibility and Control
Enable teams to gain deeper insights into network traffic and device performance across their industrial network. Streamline the monitoring of critical infrastructure to proactively identify and address potential issues before they impact operations.
organizations with distributed industrial sites, businesses managing operational technology networks, teams requiring centralized network monitoring, companies with remote or hard-to-access network devices
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of basic security policies across industrial network devices to reduce the attack surface. Protect sensitive operational data and systems from unauthorized access and cyber threats through managed access controls.
businesses operating in regulated environments, companies with critical infrastructure, organizations needing to meet baseline security standards, teams managing networks with mixed device types
Streamline Network Operations
Streamline routine network configuration and deployment tasks, reducing manual effort and the risk of human error. Automate software updates and policy rollouts to maintain a consistent and compliant network environment.
organizations seeking to improve IT efficiency, businesses with limited IT staff resources, teams managing large numbers of network devices, companies standardizing on Cisco industrial networking
Key Features
Cisco DNA Essentials Software
Unlocks core network management, security, and automation features for Cisco IE 9300 Series switches.
5-Year Term License
Provides continuous access to software features, updates, and support for a predictable period, simplifying budgeting and ensuring ongoing operational capability.
Network Visibility Tools
Offers enhanced insights into network traffic and device status, enabling proactive issue detection and faster troubleshooting.
Basic Security Features
Helps improve the security posture of industrial networks through managed access and policy enforcement.
Integration with Cisco DNA Center
Allows for centralized management and automation of network devices, simplifying operations for IT teams.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks require robust, secure, and reliable connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems, making advanced management and security features essential for uptime and safety.
Transportation & Logistics
This sector relies on resilient network infrastructure for tracking, communication, and operational control across distributed sites and mobile assets, demanding consistent performance and security.
Energy & Utilities
Critical infrastructure in energy and utilities demands highly secure and available networks to manage operations, ensure safety, and comply with stringent regulatory requirements.
Retail & Hospitality
Businesses in this sector often deploy networks in diverse environments, from warehouses to point-of-sale systems, requiring scalable management and security solutions to maintain operations and customer experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Essentials?
Cisco DNA Essentials is a software subscription that provides foundational network management, security, and automation capabilities for Cisco enterprise and industrial networking hardware. It is designed to simplify network operations and enhance visibility.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license (IE9300-DNA-E-5Y) is for the Cisco IE 9300 Series Industrial Ethernet switches.
What is the benefit of a 5-year term license?
A 5-year term license ensures you have continuous access to the software features, updates, and support for an extended period. This provides cost predictability and avoids the need for frequent renewal cycles, simplifying IT management.
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.