Cisco NFVI Monitoring Base License - 1 Year Term
This Cisco NFVI monitoring base license provides essential visibility into your control and compute environment for a 1-year term, ensuring operational health.
- License Term: Provides 1 year of access to base monitoring capabilities for your Cisco NFVI platform.
- Core Functionality: Unlocks essential monitoring features for NFVI control and compute components.
- Operational Insight: Enables proactive identification of issues within your virtualized network infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain system integrity and meet operational standards through continuous monitoring.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco NFVI Monitoring Base License provides essential visibility and operational insight into your Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) control and compute layers. It is a 1-year subscription that unlocks fundamental monitoring capabilities, allowing IT teams to track the health and performance of critical NFVI components.
This license is designed for businesses that operate their own IT infrastructure and utilize Cisco's NFVI solutions. It supports IT Managers and IT Professionals responsible for maintaining the stability and efficiency of virtualized network functions, ensuring that the underlying control and compute resources are performing optimally.
- Essential Monitoring: Access to core features for observing NFVI control plane and compute resource status.
- Performance Tracking: Monitor key performance indicators to ensure optimal operation of virtualized network functions.
- Health Status: Gain visibility into the health and availability of NFVI control and compute elements.
- Proactive Alerts: Facilitates early detection of potential issues before they impact service delivery.
- Subscription Term: A 1-year license term provides predictable operational costs and access to monitoring features.
This Cisco monitoring license is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to maintain visibility and control over their NFVI deployments without significant overhead.
What This Enables
Enable NFVI Control and Compute Monitoring
Enable teams to gain essential visibility into the health and performance of their Cisco NFVI control and compute resources. Streamline the process of identifying potential performance bottlenecks or failures before they impact services.
organizations deploying virtual network functions, businesses managing private cloud infrastructure, IT teams responsible for network stability, companies utilizing Cisco UCS or similar compute platforms
Proactive Issue Detection
Automate the detection of anomalies and potential issues within the NFVI control and compute layers. Provide IT professionals with timely alerts to address problems proactively, minimizing downtime and service interruptions.
businesses prioritizing service uptime, IT departments managing critical infrastructure, organizations with limited IT staffing, companies seeking to reduce reactive support efforts
Maintain Operational Compliance
Support operational compliance by ensuring continuous monitoring of NFVI control and compute components. Maintain system integrity and provide necessary data for auditing and performance reviews.
regulated industries requiring infrastructure oversight, companies with strict SLA requirements, IT environments needing consistent performance metrics, businesses focused on operational governance
Key Features
Base Monitoring Capabilities
Provides essential visibility into the health and status of NFVI control and compute resources, enabling proactive management.
1-Year Subscription Term
Offers predictable operational costs and access to monitoring features for a defined period, simplifying budgeting.
NFVI Control/Compute Focus
Specifically targets the critical control plane and compute layers of your virtualized network infrastructure for relevant insights.
Proactive Issue Identification
Helps teams detect potential problems early, reducing the risk of unexpected downtime and service degradation.
Operational Insight
Delivers key performance indicators and health status updates to inform operational decisions and maintain system stability.
Industry Applications
Telecommunications & Media
Telecommunications companies heavily rely on NFVI for deploying and managing virtualized network functions, requiring robust monitoring for service continuity and performance.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and strict operational oversight for their IT infrastructure, making NFVI monitoring crucial for compliance and risk management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations are increasingly adopting NFVI for private networks and edge computing, necessitating reliable monitoring to ensure production uptime and efficiency.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations utilize NFVI for secure and scalable IT services, demanding continuous monitoring to maintain data integrity and patient care systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is NFVI?
NFVI stands for Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure. It is the combination of hardware and software that provides the environment for running virtualized network functions (VNFs).
What does 'control/compute' refer to in this license?
This license covers monitoring for the NFVI's control plane, which manages network services, and the compute resources, which are the servers and virtual machines running the network functions.
Is this license perpetual?
No, this is a 1-year term subscription license. It provides access to the monitoring features for one year from the activation date.
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.