Cisco Nexus 9000 Modular Add-On Storage License
This Cisco modular add-on storage license subscription expands storage capacity for your Nexus 9000 platform, ensuring continued operation and feature access.
- Subscription Term: Provides ongoing access to expanded storage capabilities for a defined period.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks additional storage capacity for data handling and network services.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements for data storage and retention.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network infrastructure can handle growing data demands.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco platform software license is a subscription-based add-on for modular storage on Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches. It enables increased data storage capacity, crucial for network functions, logging, and potential future services.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to scale their network infrastructure's data handling capabilities without a full hardware refresh. It integrates directly with existing Nexus 9000 deployments, providing a clear path to expanded storage.
- Modular Storage Expansion: Directly increases the storage capacity available on your Cisco Nexus 9000 platform.
- Subscription-Based: Offers flexible, ongoing access to enhanced storage features and capacity.
- Platform Licensing: Applies to specific Cisco Nexus 9000 hardware, ensuring compatibility.
- Compliance Support: Aids in meeting data retention and logging requirements.
- Scalability: Provides a cost-effective way to grow storage as data needs increase.
This Cisco storage license is the ideal solution for growing businesses needing to expand data handling capabilities on their Nexus 9000 network infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Enhanced Network Logging
Enable teams to capture and retain more detailed network event logs for security analysis and troubleshooting. Streamline the process of meeting compliance mandates that require extended log retention periods.
data-intensive operations, security monitoring, regulatory compliance environments, network analytics platforms
Support Increased Telemetry Data
Streamline the collection and storage of network telemetry data for performance monitoring and optimization. Automate the capacity management for real-time insights into network health and user experience.
performance monitoring, network optimization, large-scale deployments, proactive issue detection
Facilitate Future Service Expansion
Enable teams to deploy future network services or features that require additional local storage capacity. Prepare your infrastructure for potential new applications or advanced network functions without immediate hardware upgrades.
infrastructure planning, technology adoption, service scalability, future-proofing networks
Key Features
Modular Add-On Storage
Directly increases the storage capacity of your Cisco Nexus 9000 platform, allowing it to handle more data.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, ongoing access to enhanced storage capabilities with predictable billing.
Platform Specific
Ensures compatibility and seamless integration with your existing Cisco Nexus 9000 hardware.
Compliance Support
Helps meet regulatory requirements for data logging and retention.
Scalability
Offers a cost-effective way to expand storage as your data needs grow.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data logging and retention capabilities to meet strict regulatory compliance standards like SOX and FINRA, making expanded storage essential for audit trails and transaction records.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, necessitating secure and sufficient storage for patient data logs, system access records, and audit trails.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have long-term data retention mandates for security, operational, and compliance purposes, requiring scalable storage solutions for critical network event logs and telemetry.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors generate significant transaction and customer data, requiring adequate storage for point-of-sale logs, network traffic analysis, and security monitoring to ensure operational integrity and compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco DCN MODULAR ADD ON STORAGE license?
This is a subscription-based software license that increases the data storage capacity of compatible Cisco Nexus 9000 series network switches. It enables your network infrastructure to handle larger volumes of data for logs, telemetry, and other functions.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches that support modular add-on storage. Specific compatibility should be verified based on your exact hardware model and configuration.
What are the benefits of a subscription license for storage?
Subscription licensing offers flexibility and predictable costs, allowing you to scale storage capacity as needed without a large upfront capital expenditure. It ensures you always have access to the required features for the duration of the subscription.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.