Cisco Network Configuration Manager PRO Software License and Support
Cisco Network Configuration Manager PRO software licenses and production support provide essential network device management capabilities for your business operations.
- License Entitlement: Access to advanced features for network configuration, compliance, and automation.
- Production Support: Coverage for critical issues, ensuring continuous network operation and rapid issue resolution.
- Compliance Assurance: Tools to maintain network device configurations in line with regulatory and internal policies.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlined management of network devices, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a software license for Cisco Network Configuration Manager (NCM) PRO, along with production software support. It unlocks advanced capabilities for managing network device configurations, ensuring compliance, and automating routine tasks across your IT infrastructure.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations, this license and support package is crucial for maintaining the stability, security, and compliance of business-critical networks. It integrates into existing Cisco environments to enhance operational control.
- Advanced Configuration Management: Enables detailed tracking, backup, and restoration of network device configurations.
- Compliance Automation: Automates the process of checking device configurations against predefined standards and regulatory requirements.
- Change Control: Provides a framework for managing and approving network device configuration changes.
- Security Hardening: Helps enforce security policies by ensuring devices are configured according to best practices.
- Production Support: Offers access to Cisco's technical support for timely issue resolution and software updates.
Empower your IT team with robust network management tools and expert support, ensuring your business network operates efficiently and securely.
What This Enables
Automate Network Device Configuration Compliance
Enable teams to automatically audit network device configurations against internal policies and external regulations. Streamline the process of identifying and remediating compliance deviations, reducing audit preparation time and risk.
organizations with regulatory oversight, businesses managing multi-vendor networks, teams requiring auditable change logs, environments with strict security policies
Streamline Network Device Configuration Management
Streamline the backup, restore, and deployment of network device configurations across your infrastructure. Automate routine configuration tasks, freeing up IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives rather than repetitive manual work.
businesses with growing network complexity, teams managing distributed network locations, organizations standardizing device configurations, environments needing rapid disaster recovery
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the enforcement of security best practices and hardening standards on network devices. Protect against unauthorized changes and misconfigurations that could create security vulnerabilities.
companies handling sensitive data, organizations with defined security frameworks, businesses requiring centralized security policy enforcement, IT departments focused on threat prevention
Key Features
Configuration Archiving and Backup
Safeguard your network by automatically backing up device configurations, enabling quick restoration in case of failure or error.
Compliance Reporting
Easily generate reports demonstrating adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements, simplifying audits.
Automated Configuration Deployment
Push standardized configurations to multiple devices simultaneously, ensuring consistency and reducing manual effort.
Change Tracking and Auditing
Maintain a detailed history of all configuration changes, including who made them and when, for accountability and troubleshooting.
Production Software Support
Receive timely technical assistance from Cisco for critical issues, minimizing network downtime and operational disruption.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent compliance with regulations like SOX and PCI DSS, making automated configuration management and auditing essential for maintaining security and avoiding penalties.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and HITECH, necessitating secure and auditable network configurations to protect sensitive patient data and ensure system availability.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies operate under strict security mandates and compliance frameworks, requiring robust tools to manage and secure their network infrastructure against evolving threats.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and secure network operations for production lines and logistics. Configuration management ensures uptime and helps meet industry-specific compliance standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Network Configuration Manager PRO?
Cisco NCM PRO is a software solution designed to help businesses manage, monitor, and automate the configuration of network devices. It provides capabilities for backup, compliance checking, and change control.
What does 'Production Software Support' include?
Production software support typically includes access to Cisco's technical support team for troubleshooting critical issues, software updates, and bug fixes during the support term. This ensures your software remains operational and up-to-date.
What types of network devices can NCM PRO manage?
Cisco NCM PRO is designed to manage a wide range of network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, and access points, primarily from Cisco but often supporting other vendors as well.
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.