Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV 100G to 160G Upgrade Software Option
This Cisco software subscription unlocks a 100G to 160G capacity upgrade for your ALTEON D-LINE NFV platform, boosting network throughput and application delivery performance.
- Increased Throughput: Gain access to 160G capacity, enabling higher traffic volumes and faster application response times for your critical business operations.
- Enhanced Performance: Unlock advanced features and optimizations within the ALTEON platform, ensuring efficient load balancing and application availability.
- Subscription-Based: Benefit from a flexible, ongoing software entitlement that provides continuous access to licensed capabilities and potential future updates.
- Platform Scalability: Directly upgrade the performance ceiling of your existing ALTEON D-LINE NFV hardware, avoiding costly hardware replacements for capacity needs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a software option subscription that upgrades the Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV platform from 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100G) to 160 Gigabit Ethernet (160G) capacity. It provides the necessary licensing to enable this increased throughput, ensuring your network infrastructure can handle growing traffic demands and deliver applications with improved speed and reliability.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this upgrade to scale their application delivery infrastructure without replacing their existing ALTEON hardware. It is ideal for businesses experiencing increased network traffic due to growth, new application deployments, or higher user loads, fitting directly into their existing data center or network core.
- Capacity Expansion: Enables a significant increase in data throughput from 100G to 160G.
- Software Subscription: Provides ongoing access to the licensed feature set on a recurring billing model.
- Platform Specific: Designed exclusively for the Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV platform.
- Performance Optimization: Unlocks the full potential of the hardware for advanced application delivery.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network can meet evolving performance requirements.
This Cisco software upgrade is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams needing to boost network capacity and application performance cost-effectively.
What This Enables
Enable Higher Network Throughput
Enable teams to support increased data traffic volumes and higher user concurrency without experiencing performance degradation. Streamline application delivery by ensuring sufficient bandwidth for all critical business services.
growing businesses, high-traffic applications, network infrastructure scaling, digital transformation initiatives, performance-sensitive operations
Optimize Application Performance
Streamline the delivery of business-critical applications by unlocking advanced load balancing and traffic management capabilities. Automate performance tuning to ensure consistent and rapid access for end-users.
customer-facing applications, internal productivity tools, cloud-connected services, multi-site operations, performance-critical workloads
Scale Existing Infrastructure Cost-Effectively
Enable teams to extend the life and capability of their current ALTEON D-LINE NFV hardware. Automate the process of meeting new capacity requirements without the significant capital expenditure of a full hardware replacement.
budget-constrained IT departments, existing hardware investments, phased infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, operational efficiency focus
Key Features
160G Capacity Upgrade
Significantly increases the maximum data throughput your ALTEON platform can handle, supporting higher traffic volumes and more demanding applications.
Software Subscription Model
Provides ongoing access to the licensed features with a predictable billing cycle, allowing for easier budgeting and continuous entitlement.
Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV Specific
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance with your existing Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV hardware investment.
Performance Enhancement
Unlocks advanced traffic management and load balancing capabilities to improve application responsiveness and user experience.
Scalability
Allows your network infrastructure to grow with your business needs without requiring immediate, costly hardware replacements.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services require high-speed, reliable, and secure application delivery to handle high transaction volumes and meet strict regulatory compliance for data processing and uptime.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on rapid access to patient data and critical applications, necessitating high-capacity networks to support large file transfers and real-time communication while adhering to HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need robust network performance to manage point-of-sale systems, online ordering, inventory management, and customer-facing applications, especially during peak seasons.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations increasingly rely on connected systems for real-time monitoring, control, and data analytics, demanding high throughput and low latency for operational efficiency and safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this software subscription?
The term is defined by the subscription agreement at the time of purchase. This provides ongoing access to the licensed capabilities for the duration of the subscription.
What hardware does this upgrade apply to?
This software option is specifically designed for the Cisco ALTEON D-LINE NFV platform. It enables the upgrade from 100G to 160G capacity on compatible hardware models.
How is this upgrade delivered?
This is a software license entitlement delivered via subscription. Zent Networks will facilitate the procurement and activation process for your organization.
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.