Cisco Network Configuration Manager PRO Software License and Support
Gain essential network configuration management capabilities with Cisco NCM PRO software licenses and production support, ensuring your network devices remain compliant and operational.
- Access to Advanced Features: Unlock sophisticated network configuration automation, compliance checks, and reporting tools.
- Continuous Software Updates: Receive critical patches and new feature releases to maintain security and performance.
- 24x7 Production Support: Ensure rapid issue resolution with expert Cisco technical assistance for your production environment.
- License Compliance: Maintain adherence to Cisco's licensing policies, avoiding potential penalties and operational disruptions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a Cisco Network Configuration Manager (NCM) Professional software license coupled with production software support. It enables businesses to automate and manage network device configurations, ensuring compliance, security, and operational stability across their IT infrastructure.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this solution integrates into existing network environments. It supports businesses that rely on their network for daily operations, providing the tools needed to maintain a secure and efficient network without the overhead of enterprise-level management teams.
- Automated Configuration Management: Streamline the deployment and backup of network device configurations.
- Compliance and Auditing: Automatically check device configurations against security policies and regulatory standards.
- Change Tracking: Monitor all changes made to network device configurations, providing an audit trail.
- Vulnerability Detection: Identify potential security risks within device configurations.
- Centralized Control: Manage configurations for a wide range of Cisco network devices from a single platform.
This Cisco NCM PRO license and support package offers SMB and mid-market teams enterprise-grade network configuration management, enhancing security and operational efficiency.
What This Enables
Automate Network Configuration Deployment
Enable teams to automate the deployment of standardized configurations across numerous network devices. This streamlines network rollouts and ensures consistency, reducing manual errors and setup time.
organizations with distributed network infrastructure, businesses undergoing network upgrades, teams managing multi-site operations, companies standardizing device configurations
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Organizations deploying this solution can automatically audit network device configurations against industry regulations and internal security policies. This provides a clear audit trail and helps avoid compliance violations.
businesses in regulated industries, companies requiring strict security controls, organizations with audit requirements, IT departments managing sensitive data
Proactive Vulnerability Management
Streamline the identification and remediation of configuration-based vulnerabilities across the network. This proactive approach helps protect against security threats by ensuring devices adhere to best practices.
teams managing diverse network device fleets, businesses prioritizing cybersecurity, organizations seeking to reduce attack surface, IT environments with frequent policy updates
Key Features
Automated Configuration Backup and Restore
Ensure business continuity by quickly restoring network devices to a known good state in case of failure or misconfiguration.
Policy-Based Configuration Auditing
Maintain compliance and security posture by automatically verifying that all network devices adhere to predefined standards.
Change Tracking and Reporting
Gain visibility into all modifications made to network configurations, facilitating troubleshooting and accountability.
Device Discovery and Inventory
Maintain an accurate and up-to-date inventory of network devices and their configurations for better asset management.
Production Software Support
Receive timely technical assistance from Cisco experts to resolve critical issues and ensure uninterrupted network operation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent adherence to regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, which NCM PRO helps enforce through automated configuration auditing and change tracking.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Maintaining HIPAA compliance and ensuring the availability of critical network services for patient care necessitates robust configuration management and rapid support for network devices.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Operational technology (OT) networks in manufacturing often rely on stable and secure configurations to prevent production downtime, making automated management and support crucial.
Legal & Professional Services
Protecting sensitive client data requires strict security controls and auditability of IT systems, including network device configurations, to meet professional and ethical obligations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Network Configuration Manager (NCM) PRO?
Cisco NCM PRO is a software solution designed to automate the management of network device configurations. It helps businesses maintain compliance, enhance security, and reduce operational risks associated with network device settings.
What does 'PER CORE' licensing mean?
Per core licensing typically refers to how the software's usage is measured and licensed, often based on the number of processor cores within the servers running the software or managing the devices. This ensures scalability and appropriate licensing for your environment.
What is included in 'PRODUCTION SW SUPP'?
Production software support provides 24x7 access to Cisco's technical support engineers for critical issues, along with software updates, patches, and bug fixes to ensure the software operates reliably and securely in your production environment.
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.