Cisco NCS 5700 IOS XR 25.1 Platform License
Unlock advanced networking capabilities with the Cisco NCS 5700 IOS XR 25.1 platform license, ensuring your infrastructure meets evolving business demands.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco IOS XR 25.1 features and updates.
- Platform Coverage: Enables advanced routing and switching functionalities on Cisco NCS 5700 series hardware.
- Feature Access: Grants entitlement to the latest software features, performance enhancements, and security patches.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains your network in a fully licensed and compliant state with Cisco's software requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco IOS XR 25.1 platform license subscription for the Cisco NCS 5700 series. It provides access to the latest features, security updates, and operational enhancements for your core networking infrastructure.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license ensures that your network hardware operates with up-to-date software, supporting critical business applications and services within your own data center or network closet.
- Subscription Licensing: Provides continuous access to software updates and feature releases.
- NCS 5700 Series Support: Specifically designed for deployment on Cisco NCS 5700 networking platforms.
- Enhanced Network Features: Unlocks advanced routing protocols, traffic engineering, and quality of service capabilities.
- Security Updates: Ensures your network is protected with the latest security patches and vulnerability mitigations.
- Operational Efficiency: Simplifies software management and ensures network stability and performance.
This Cisco IOS XR license subscription is the ideal solution for businesses needing to maintain compliant, high-performance networking infrastructure without the overhead of traditional enterprise licensing models.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Routing and Traffic Management
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated routing protocols and traffic engineering policies for optimal network performance. Streamline the management of complex network topologies and ensure efficient data flow across the organization.
On-premises data centers, enterprise campus networks, service provider edge deployments
Maintain Software Compliance and Security
Automate the process of staying current with Cisco's latest software releases and security advisories. Protect your network infrastructure from known vulnerabilities and ensure adherence to vendor support requirements.
Regulated industry networks, business-critical application environments, networks requiring vendor support
Access Latest Network Features and Performance
Unlock new functionalities and performance enhancements included in Cisco IOS XR 25.1 for your NCS 5700 platform. Improve network agility and support evolving business application demands with cutting-edge features.
Growing businesses, networks undergoing modernization, environments with increasing traffic loads
Key Features
Cisco IOS XR 25.1 Subscription
Provides continuous access to the latest software features, security patches, and performance improvements for your Cisco NCS 5700 platform.
Platform-Specific Licensing
Ensures full compatibility and optimal performance by licensing the correct software version for your Cisco NCS 5700 hardware.
Subscription Billing Model
Offers predictable operational expenses and eliminates large upfront capital expenditures associated with perpetual licenses.
Access to Cisco TAC
Entitles your organization to technical support from Cisco for issues related to the licensed IOS XR software.
Compliance Assurance
Guarantees your network infrastructure is running fully licensed and supported software, mitigating risks of non-compliance and service interruptions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure network infrastructure to support critical trading and transaction systems, making up-to-date and compliant software essential for operational integrity and regulatory adherence.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial networks demand reliable and robust connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, where network stability and security are paramount to prevent production downtime and ensure safety.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers rely on secure and always-on networks for patient data management and critical medical equipment, necessitating compliant and up-to-date software to meet strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have stringent security requirements and long hardware lifecycles, making licensed and supported software crucial for maintaining compliance with security mandates and ensuring continuity of public services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco IOS XR 25.1?
Cisco IOS XR 25.1 is a specific version of Cisco's modular, service-rich network operating system designed for high-end routing platforms like the NCS 5700 series. It offers advanced features for routing, traffic management, and network programmability.
What does a subscription license entail?
A subscription license provides you with the right to use the software for a defined period, typically including access to all updates, new features, and security patches released during that term. It is billed on a recurring basis.
How does this license apply to my Cisco NCS 5700 hardware?
This license is specifically for the Cisco NCS 5700 series of routers. It enables the Cisco IOS XR 25.1 operating system on your hardware, unlocking its full capabilities and ensuring it remains supported by Cisco.
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.