Cisco MDS Premier Subscription M9700 5-Year
This 5-year Cisco MDS Premier Subscription provides essential software capabilities and support for your network infrastructure, ensuring continuous operation and access to advanced features.
- Subscription Term: 5 years of continuous access to software features and support.
- Feature Access: Unlocks advanced functionalities for your Cisco MDS platform.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network infrastructure remains compliant and operational.
- Value: Provides predictable costs and access to the latest software updates.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco MDS Premier Subscription M9700 5Y is a platform software license that grants access to advanced features and ongoing support for Cisco MDS switches over a five-year term. This subscription model ensures your storage networking environment is equipped with the latest capabilities and receives timely updates, maintaining optimal performance and security.
This subscription is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage critical storage area networks (SANs). It integrates directly with Cisco MDS hardware, providing a necessary layer of software functionality and support essential for data center operations, business continuity, and regulatory compliance.
- Premier Software Access: Enables advanced features for storage network management and optimization.
- Five-Year Term: Provides long-term planning and predictable budgeting for software licensing.
- Continuous Support: Includes access to Cisco technical support for issue resolution.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain adherence to industry regulations and security standards.
- Performance Optimization: Delivers software enhancements to maximize storage network efficiency.
This 5-year Cisco MDS Premier Subscription is the ideal solution for mid-market organizations seeking to enhance their storage network capabilities and ensure long-term operational stability.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Storage Network Features
Enable teams to deploy and manage advanced storage network functionalities, including enhanced security protocols and traffic management. Streamline operations by ensuring all necessary software features are licensed and accessible for optimal data flow.
data center operations, storage area network management, network infrastructure upgrades, IT resource optimization
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Automate compliance checks and reporting by maintaining access to the latest software versions and security patches. Streamline adherence to industry-specific regulations and data protection mandates through continuous feature entitlement.
regulated industry IT environments, data security management, IT governance and audit, business continuity planning
Maintain Operational Continuity
Protect against service disruptions by ensuring continuous access to Cisco's technical support and software updates. Streamline maintenance windows with predictable access to bug fixes and performance enhancements for your storage network.
mission-critical application support, IT infrastructure uptime, proactive system maintenance, risk mitigation strategies
Key Features
Premier Software Features
Unlock advanced functionalities for enhanced storage network performance, security, and management.
Five-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term predictability for budgeting and ensures continuous access to features and support.
Cisco Technical Support
Access to expert assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution, minimizing downtime.
Software Updates and Patches
Stay current with the latest security enhancements and performance improvements to protect your infrastructure.
Compliance Assurance
Helps meet regulatory requirements and industry standards through up-to-date software capabilities.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure storage networks to manage sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like SOX and PCI DSS, making advanced features and continuous support critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle vast amounts of patient data and must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust, secure, and compliant storage solutions with reliable support.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on efficient data management for operations, supply chain, and IoT data, requiring high-performance storage networks that minimize downtime and support continuous production.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups manage large volumes of transaction data and customer information, demanding secure and reliable storage solutions to ensure business continuity and protect sensitive data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco MDS Premier Subscription?
A Cisco MDS Premier Subscription is a licensing agreement that provides access to advanced software features and ongoing technical support for Cisco MDS storage networking platforms over a specified term, in this case, five years.
What hardware does this subscription apply to?
This subscription is for the Cisco MDS M9700 platform. It is essential to ensure compatibility with your specific MDS switch models.
Why choose a 5-year subscription?
A 5-year subscription offers long-term cost predictability, ensures continuous access to the latest features and support without interruption, and simplifies IT budget planning for your storage infrastructure.
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.