Cisco MDS Advantage Subscription M9100 7 Year
This 7-year Cisco MDS Advantage Subscription provides essential software features and support for your Cisco MDS 9100 Series infrastructure, ensuring operational continuity and access to advanced capabilities.
- Extended Coverage: Enjoy 7 years of access to software features and support for your Cisco MDS 9100 Series.
- Feature Enablement: Unlock advanced functionalities and capabilities designed to optimize your network operations.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to regulatory requirements with up-to-date software and support.
- Operational Continuity: Minimize downtime risk with continuous access to software updates and technical assistance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco MDS Advantage Subscription for the M9100 platform provides a 7-year term license that unlocks critical software features and ensures ongoing support for your storage networking infrastructure. This subscription is designed to keep your environment compliant and operating at peak performance.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who manage enterprise-grade storage area networks. It integrates directly with Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches, providing a predictable cost model for essential software capabilities and maintenance.
- Software Feature Access: Enables advanced functionalities for storage network management and optimization.
- Subscription Term: Provides a clear 7-year license term with predictable billing.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches.
- Compliance Ready: Helps meet regulatory and operational standards through software updates.
- Support Entitlement: Includes access to Cisco technical support for issue resolution.
This 7-year Cisco MDS Advantage Subscription offers a cost-effective and reliable way for SMB and mid-market teams to maintain their storage network's performance and compliance.
What This Enables
Access to Advanced Storage Network Features
Enable teams to utilize enhanced traffic management, security, and diagnostic tools within their storage area network. Streamline the configuration and monitoring of complex storage environments for improved efficiency.
organizations with high-volume data transfer, businesses requiring granular network control, teams managing mission-critical storage systems, environments with diverse storage protocols
Ensure Software Compliance and Up-to-Date Functionality
Automate the process of staying current with Cisco's latest software releases, ensuring adherence to industry regulations and security best practices. Maintain optimal performance and stability by preventing the use of unsupported or outdated software versions.
businesses with strict regulatory requirements, organizations undergoing security audits, companies prioritizing data integrity, environments with long-term hardware deployment cycles
Minimize Downtime with Continuous Support
Protect against unexpected operational disruptions by securing 7 years of access to Cisco's technical support resources. Expedite issue resolution and reduce the impact of network problems on business operations.
companies with zero tolerance for downtime, organizations relying on 24/7 operations, businesses with limited in-house storage expertise, environments with critical application dependencies
Key Features
7-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term access to software features and support, simplifying planning and ensuring continuous operation.
MDS 9100 Series Platform Specific
Optimized for Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches, ensuring compatibility and performance for your storage network.
Access to Software Features
Unlocks advanced functionalities for enhanced storage network management, security, and diagnostics.
Ongoing Support Entitlement
Grants access to Cisco technical assistance, reducing resolution time for network issues.
Compliance Assurance
Helps maintain regulatory adherence and security standards through access to updated software.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security for transaction data, making continuous access to advanced storage network features and support critical for compliance and operational integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers handle sensitive patient data and must adhere to strict regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure, compliant, and highly available storage networks supported by up-to-date software.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often rely on real-time data for production and logistics, demanding stable and performant storage networks with minimal downtime, supported by consistent vendor assistance.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses manage large volumes of customer and operational data, requiring reliable storage infrastructure to support point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer analytics, with predictable support costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco MDS Advantage Subscription?
It is a 7-year software subscription license for Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches. It provides access to specific software features and ongoing technical support.
What hardware does this subscription apply to?
This subscription is specifically for the Cisco MDS 9100 Series of switches.
How does this subscription benefit my organization?
It ensures your storage network has access to the latest features, maintains compliance, and benefits from continuous technical support, all within a predictable 7-year cost structure.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.