Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN Software License
This Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN software license subscription unlocks advanced Layer 2 VPN features for your network infrastructure, ensuring critical connectivity and compliance.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to advanced Layer 2 VPN functionalities, enhancing network segmentation and service delivery capabilities.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain adherence to network service requirements and vendor support mandates through proper licensing.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure uninterrupted operation of critical L2VPN services by maintaining a valid and compliant software license.
- Scalability Enablement: Support the deployment and management of complex L2VPN services across your network infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This platform software license provides the necessary entitlement for advanced Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) services on Cisco NCS 5500 Series routers, specifically models like the NCS-55A2-MOD-SE/H base chassis. It is a subscription-based license that unlocks critical routing and service-enabling features required for modern network architectures.
IT Managers and Network Engineers in mid-market and enterprise organizations utilize this license to build and manage secure, segmented L2VPN services. It is essential for environments requiring advanced traffic engineering, service provider edge functionalities, and the ability to deliver differentiated Layer 2 services over an IP/MPLS backbone.
- Advanced L2VPN Features: Enables sophisticated Layer 2 VPN technologies such as EVPN, VPLS, and VPWS.
- Subscription Term: Licensed on a recurring subscription basis, providing access to features for a defined period.
- Platform Specific: Designed for the Cisco NCS 5500 Series, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
- Network Segmentation: Facilitates the creation of isolated Layer 2 networks for enhanced security and traffic management.
- Service Delivery: Supports the delivery of business-critical Layer 2 services to end-users and applications.
This Cisco L2VPN license is the right choice for mid-market organizations needing to deploy advanced Layer 2 services with assured compliance and feature access.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced L2VPN Service Delivery
Enable teams to deploy and manage sophisticated Layer 2 VPN services like EVPN, VPLS, and VPWS. Streamline the delivery of segmented network services to support diverse business applications and user groups.
Service provider edge deployments, enterprise WAN segmentation, data center interconnectivity, multi-tenant network environments
Enhance Network Security and Segmentation
Streamline the creation of isolated Layer 2 segments within your network infrastructure. Automate the enforcement of network policies to protect sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance.
Organizations requiring strict data isolation, businesses with compliance mandates, networks with diverse application needs, environments with high security requirements
Ensure Licensing Compliance and Feature Access
Automate the process of maintaining proper software licensing for critical network hardware. Ensure continuous access to all advanced L2VPN features required for network operations and future growth.
Businesses managing Cisco network infrastructure, IT departments focused on operational stability, organizations undergoing network audits, companies seeking to avoid feature limitations
Key Features
Advanced L2VPN Protocols (EVPN, VPLS, VPWS)
Enables the creation of sophisticated, segmented Layer 2 networks for enhanced service delivery and traffic isolation.
Subscription Licensing Model
Provides access to features for a defined term, offering flexibility and predictable operational expenses.
Cisco NCS 5500 Series Compatibility
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance with your existing Cisco NCS 5500 hardware investment.
Network Segmentation Capabilities
Allows for the isolation of traffic and services, improving security and simplifying network management.
Service Provider Edge Functionality
Supports the delivery of advanced Layer 2 services required by demanding enterprise and service provider environments.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure and segmented networks to protect sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making L2VPN essential for internal segmentation and secure inter-branch connectivity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure the privacy of patient data, necessitating robust network segmentation and secure data transport capabilities that L2VPN services provide.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require dedicated, high-performance Layer 2 connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems, which L2VPN can provide to segment critical control networks from IT networks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information and require secure, private network connections for internal operations and client collaboration, benefiting from L2VPN segmentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN License?
This is a software license, provided on a subscription basis, that unlocks advanced Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) features on Cisco NCS 5500 Series routers. It is required to enable functionalities like EVPN, VPLS, and VPWS.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco NCS 5500 Series routers, particularly models such as the NCS-55A2-MOD-SE/H base chassis.
What is the benefit of L2VPN technology?
L2VPN technology allows for the creation of virtual Layer 2 networks over an IP or MPLS backbone. This enables features like network segmentation, secure service delivery, and efficient connectivity between geographically dispersed locations.
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.