Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN Software License
This Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN software license subscription unlocks advanced Layer 2 VPN services, ensuring your network infrastructure operates with full feature access and compliance.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock Layer 2 VPN services, enabling enhanced network segmentation and connectivity options.
- Subscription Term: Provides continuous access to licensed features for the duration of the subscription period.
- Compliance and Operation: Ensures your network adheres to software licensing requirements and maintains full operational capability.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for the Cisco NCS 5500 Series, specifically the NCS-55A2-MOD-SE/H base chassis.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This platform software license subscription is designed for the Cisco NCS 5500 Series routers, specifically enabling advanced Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) functionalities. It grants access to critical features required for complex network services, ensuring your routing platform can deliver high-performance, segmented connectivity.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in mid-market organizations utilize this license to enhance their core routing infrastructure. It is essential for businesses that require robust L2VPN capabilities for services like VPLS or EVPN, integrating directly into their existing Cisco NCS 5500 deployment.
- Enables L2VPN Services: Unlocks the full suite of Layer 2 VPN features on supported Cisco NCS 5500 platforms.
- Subscription-Based Access: Provides access to features for a defined subscription term, allowing for flexible IT budgeting.
- Network Segmentation: Facilitates the creation of virtual networks to isolate traffic and improve security.
- Enhanced Connectivity: Supports advanced services like EVPN and VPLS for flexible and scalable network designs.
- Platform Specific Licensing: Directly applies to the Cisco NCS 5500 Series, ensuring compatibility and proper function.
This Cisco license is the key for mid-market IT teams to unlock advanced L2VPN capabilities on their NCS 5500 routers, ensuring compliance and full feature utilization.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced L2VPN Services
Enable teams to deploy and manage complex Layer 2 VPN services like EVPN and VPLS. This ensures secure, segmented connectivity for critical business applications and services.
core routing infrastructure, network segmentation, service provider edge, enterprise WAN
Streamline Network Segmentation
Streamline the process of creating isolated network segments for different departments or applications. This enhances security and simplifies network management by organizing traffic flows.
multi-tenant environments, secure data transport, network virtualization, traffic isolation
Automate Network Service Delivery
Automate the provisioning and management of L2VPN services, reducing manual configuration errors and accelerating service deployment. This allows IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
network automation, service assurance, operational efficiency, dynamic service provisioning
Key Features
Layer 2 VPN Functionality
Enables the creation of virtual private networks over a shared infrastructure, providing secure and isolated connectivity for business-critical data.
Subscription Licensing Model
Provides access to features for a defined period, allowing for predictable operational expenses and easier budget management.
Cisco NCS 5500 Series Support
Ensures compatibility and optimal performance with the specific Cisco NCS 5500 hardware platform it is licensed for.
Enhanced Network Services
Supports advanced services like EVPN and VPLS, offering greater flexibility and scalability in network design and service delivery.
Feature Access and Operation
Guarantees that the advanced L2VPN features are unlocked and fully functional, enabling the full potential of the NCS 5500 platform.
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 inter-branch connectivity and secure transaction processing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure the privacy of patient data, necessitating secure, segmented networks for transmitting electronic health records and connecting disparate facilities.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require dedicated, high-performance network segments for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, ensuring reliable communication for automation and control systems while maintaining security.
Retail & Hospitality
Large retail chains and hospitality groups need to segment customer-facing networks from internal operations, manage traffic for point-of-sale systems, and ensure secure data transmission across multiple locations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco NCS 5500 L2VPN License?
This is a software license subscription that enables advanced Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) capabilities on Cisco NCS 5500 Series routers. It is required to utilize features like EVPN and VPLS.
What does L2VPN enable for my business?
L2VPNs allow you to create secure, segmented network connections over your existing infrastructure. This is crucial for isolating traffic between different sites or applications, enhancing security and performance.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, providing access to the L2VPN features for a defined term. This model offers flexibility and predictable costs for your IT budget.
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.