Cisco Nexus Data Broker License Term N9K M8/16
This 5-year Cisco Nexus Data Broker license subscription unlocks advanced network traffic visibility and analysis capabilities for your core infrastructure.
- License Term: 5-year subscription providing continuous access to advanced data brokering features.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based, offering predictable operational expenses for software access.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco Nexus N9K platforms, ensuring compatibility with your existing network hardware.
- Key Value: Enables enhanced network monitoring, security analysis, and compliance adherence through granular traffic control.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Nexus Data Broker License Term N9K M8/16 is a 5-year subscription that provides essential software capabilities for managing and analyzing network traffic on Cisco Nexus N9K switches. This license unlocks features for intelligent traffic distribution, aggregation, and filtering, crucial for security monitoring, performance analysis, and compliance.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations who need to gain deeper insights into their network traffic without the overhead of dedicated hardware appliances. It integrates directly into the Cisco Nexus environment, streamlining operations and enhancing the utility of existing network investments.
- Advanced Traffic Visibility: Gain granular control over network traffic for monitoring and analysis.
- Security Enhancement: Facilitate security tool deployment by intelligently distributing traffic feeds.
- Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and optimize network performance through detailed traffic insights.
- Compliance Assurance: Support regulatory requirements by ensuring accurate and accessible network data.
- Simplified Management: Integrate traffic brokering directly into your Cisco Nexus infrastructure.
Empower your IT team with essential network intelligence and control, ensuring operational efficiency and security for your business.
What This Enables
Enable Network Traffic Aggregation and Filtering
Enable teams to aggregate traffic from multiple network segments into a single feed for analysis. Streamline the distribution of specific traffic flows to security and monitoring tools, reducing data duplication and tool overhead.
core network infrastructure, security operations center, network monitoring deployments, traffic analysis
Enhance Security Monitoring Capabilities
Automate the process of feeding relevant network traffic to intrusion detection systems and security analytics platforms. Protect against advanced threats by ensuring security tools receive the precise data they need for effective analysis.
cybersecurity posture, threat detection, incident response, network segmentation
Support Network Performance Analysis
Streamline the collection of performance metrics by intelligently filtering and forwarding traffic data. Empower IT professionals to identify and resolve network bottlenecks more efficiently, ensuring optimal application performance.
application performance monitoring, network troubleshooting, capacity planning, IT operations management
Key Features
Traffic Aggregation
Consolidate traffic from multiple sources into a single stream for simplified analysis and monitoring.
Intelligent Filtering
Selectively forward specific traffic types or flows to targeted tools, reducing noise and improving efficiency.
N9K Platform Integration
Leverage existing Cisco Nexus infrastructure, reducing the need for additional hardware and simplifying deployment.
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support over the 5-year term.
Data Distribution
Distribute network traffic to multiple security, monitoring, and analysis tools simultaneously.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network visibility for fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and compliance with stringent regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure patient data privacy (HIPAA) and maintain high network availability for critical medical systems, necessitating detailed traffic analysis.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments need to monitor operational technology (OT) networks for security threats and performance issues to ensure continuous production and safety.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups handle sensitive customer data (PCI DSS) and rely on network performance for point-of-sale systems and customer experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Nexus Data Broker?
Cisco Nexus Data Broker is a software solution that runs on Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches. It allows you to intelligently aggregate, filter, and distribute network traffic to various monitoring and security tools without requiring dedicated hardware appliances.
What does the 5-year term license cover?
The 5-year license provides entitlement to use the Cisco Nexus Data Broker software for the duration of the term. It typically includes access to software updates and potentially basic support, depending on the specific Cisco support contract associated with the license.
What hardware is required for this license?
This license is designed to run on Cisco Nexus 9000 series (N9K) switches. The specific model and configuration requirements will depend on the traffic volume and features you intend to utilize.
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.