Cisco Nexus Data Broker License Term
This 7-year Cisco Nexus Data Broker license subscription provides essential network traffic visibility and management capabilities for your organization's critical infrastructure.
- License Term: Enjoy 7 years of continuous access to advanced network data brokering features and software updates.
- Billing Model: Benefit from a predictable subscription billing structure for easier budget management.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco Nexus platforms, ensuring seamless integration with your existing network hardware.
- Value Proposition: Maintain network compliance, enhance security monitoring, and optimize traffic flow with licensed capabilities.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Nexus Data Broker (NDB) license provides the software capabilities to intelligently aggregate, filter, and distribute network traffic data from multiple sources to monitoring and security tools. This subscription unlocks advanced features for network visibility, enabling deeper insights into traffic patterns and potential threats.
This license is ideal for IT professionals and network engineers within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage complex network infrastructures. It integrates with Cisco Nexus switches, acting as a central point for network data distribution within the data center or campus network environment.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain granular insight into network traffic for better performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Intelligent Traffic Distribution: Route specific traffic flows to security and analytics tools, optimizing resource utilization.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory and internal policy requirements for network monitoring and data logging.
- Simplified Tool Integration: Streamline the connection of multiple monitoring and security appliances to your network data.
- Long-Term Access: Secure 7 years of software access, updates, and support for continuous operational benefit.
This 7-year subscription license empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade network visibility and control without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Traffic Analysis
Enable teams to aggregate and filter network traffic from multiple sources, directing specific data flows to security and monitoring tools. Streamline the process of gaining deep insights into network behavior for proactive issue resolution.
data center operations, network security monitoring, performance analytics, traffic aggregation
Automate Security Tool Data Feeds
Automate the feeding of relevant network traffic to intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and packet capture solutions. Streamline security operations by ensuring security tools receive precisely the data they need, when they need it.
security operations centers, threat intelligence platforms, compliance auditing
Optimize Network Performance Monitoring
Streamline the distribution of network performance data to application performance monitoring (APM) and network monitoring tools. Enable IT teams to identify bottlenecks and optimize application delivery with precise traffic insights.
application performance management, network troubleshooting, IT operations management
Key Features
Traffic Aggregation
Consolidate traffic from multiple network segments into a single stream for easier analysis.
Traffic Filtering
Selectively forward only the traffic relevant to specific monitoring or security tools, reducing data overload.
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and features over a 7-year term.
Cisco Nexus Integration
Seamlessly integrates with existing Cisco Nexus infrastructure, minimizing deployment complexity.
7-Year Term
Ensures long-term access to critical network visibility capabilities and vendor support.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network monitoring and traffic analysis to ensure transaction security, meet stringent regulatory compliance like PCI DSS, and maintain high availability for critical trading and customer service operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA regulations, necessitating advanced network visibility for security monitoring, threat detection, and ensuring the integrity of medical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on network uptime for production lines and operational technology (OT) systems. Enhanced visibility helps in monitoring network performance, detecting anomalies that could impact operations, and securing critical infrastructure.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies handle vast amounts of sensitive data and must adhere to strict security mandates and compliance frameworks. Network traffic analysis is crucial for cybersecurity, operational continuity, and protecting national infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco Nexus Data Broker license?
This is a software license that enables advanced network traffic visibility and management features on Cisco Nexus switches. It allows for intelligent aggregation, filtering, and distribution of network traffic to monitoring and security tools.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for compatible Cisco Nexus platforms. Specific hardware compatibility details should be confirmed at the time of purchase.
What is the benefit of a 7-year term?
A 7-year term provides long-term access to the software's capabilities, ensuring continuous network visibility and security monitoring without the need for frequent license renewals. It also offers predictable budgeting over an extended period.
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.