Cisco NCS 5500 L3VPN Software License for 96x100G Interfaces
This Cisco NCS 5500 L3VPN software license enables advanced Layer 3 VPN routing features for your high-density 100G interface deployments, ensuring robust network segmentation and traffic management.
- Feature Access: Unlock critical L3VPN routing protocols and advanced traffic engineering capabilities on your NCS 5500 platform.
- Scalability: Support for 96x100G interfaces ensures your network can grow with your business demands.
- Compliance: Maintain network segmentation and security policies required for regulatory adherence.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure continued access to essential routing functions and vendor support for your core network infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco NCS 5500 L3VPN Software License is a subscription-based platform license designed to activate advanced Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) functionalities on Cisco's Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series routers. This license is specifically tailored for deployments requiring high-density 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, enabling sophisticated routing and traffic management capabilities essential for modern enterprise networks.
This license is intended for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for managing and scaling their core routing infrastructure. It is crucial for businesses that need to segment their networks, provide secure connectivity to multiple sites or tenants, and ensure high performance for critical applications running over their backbone or edge routing platforms.
- Advanced L3VPN Features: Enables protocols like BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS for complex routing scenarios.
- High-Density Support: Optimized for platforms supporting 96x100G interfaces, ensuring future-proof capacity.
- Network Segmentation: Facilitates the creation of isolated L3VPNs for enhanced security and traffic management.
- Traffic Engineering: Provides tools to optimize traffic flow and ensure Quality of Service (QoS) for critical applications.
- Subscription-Based: Offers flexible, ongoing access to features and updates with a predictable billing model.
Empower your IT team with the advanced routing capabilities needed to build a scalable, secure, and high-performance network foundation.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced L3VPN Routing
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks for secure and isolated traffic routing across their enterprise. Streamline the creation and management of multiple VPN instances to support diverse business needs and tenant requirements.
Core routing infrastructure, network segmentation, multi-site connectivity, service provider edge deployments
Enhance Network Scalability
Streamline network expansion by activating features that support high-density 100G interfaces on the NCS 5500 platform. Automate the process of scaling routing capacity to meet growing bandwidth demands and user traffic.
High-traffic backbone networks, data center interconnects, campus network aggregation
Ensure Network Compliance and Security
Automate the enforcement of network segmentation policies required for regulatory compliance and enhanced security. Protect sensitive data by isolating traffic flows between different departments or customer segments.
Regulated industries, secure data transmission, tenant isolation, access control policies
Key Features
L3VPN Functionality
Provides the necessary routing protocols and features to create secure, isolated Layer 3 VPNs for segmented network traffic.
Support for 96x100G Interfaces
Ensures the platform can handle high-density, high-bandwidth connections, future-proofing network capacity.
Subscription Licensing
Offers a flexible and predictable cost model for accessing advanced software features and ongoing updates.
Cisco NCS 5500 Platform Compatibility
Designed specifically for the NCS 5500 Series, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
Advanced Routing Protocols
Enables sophisticated routing configurations essential for complex enterprise and service provider networks.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network segmentation and secure routing to comply with strict data privacy regulations like PCI DSS and protect sensitive transaction data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance, necessitating secure network segmentation to protect patient health information (PHI) and ensure reliable data access for critical medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks often require segmented L3VPNs to isolate operational technology (OT) from IT networks, ensuring security and reliability for production environments.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies need secure, segmented networks to protect sensitive data and ensure reliable communication for public services, often adhering to specific security mandates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco NCS 5500 L3VPN license?
It is a software license subscription for Cisco's NCS 5500 Series routers that unlocks advanced Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) routing capabilities. This is essential for network segmentation and secure traffic management.
What does L3VPN enable for my business?
L3VPN allows you to create multiple, isolated Layer 3 networks over a single physical infrastructure. This enhances security, improves traffic management, and enables efficient connectivity for different departments or customers.
Is this license a one-time purchase or a subscription?
This license is offered as a subscription, providing ongoing access to features and updates with a predictable billing model.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
High — engineer-led
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.