Cisco NSO Platform License for 60 Medium Physical Network Elements
This Cisco NSO platform license enables the management of up to 60 medium physical network elements, streamlining network operations for your business.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco NSO capabilities for a defined period.
- Capacity: Supports the management and automation of 60 medium-sized physical network devices.
- Value: Ensures compliance with network management standards and unlocks advanced automation features.
- Operational Efficiency: Reduces manual configuration errors and speeds up network service delivery.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) platform software license, specifically designed for managing and automating physical network elements. It provides the necessary entitlement to operate Cisco NSO for a capacity of 60 medium physical network elements under a subscription billing model.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who are responsible for the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of their organization's network infrastructure. It integrates into existing network stacks to provide centralized control and automation capabilities.
- Network Automation: Automate complex network configurations and service deployments.
- Centralized Management: Gain a single pane of glass for managing diverse network devices.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain network configuration consistency and meet regulatory requirements.
- Reduced Downtime: Minimize human error in network changes, leading to increased stability.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports up to 60 medium physical network elements within your environment.
This Cisco NSO license offers SMB and mid-market teams enterprise-grade network automation without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Network Device Automation
Enable teams to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of up to 60 medium physical network elements. Streamline complex network changes and reduce manual intervention, leading to faster service delivery.
On-premises data centers, distributed enterprise networks, campus network environments, hybrid cloud deployments
Ensure Network Configuration Compliance
Automate the enforcement of network configuration standards across your infrastructure. Protect against configuration drift and ensure adherence to internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
Regulated industry IT environments, IT departments with strict change control, organizations requiring auditable network configurations
Centralize Network Operations
Streamline network operations by providing a single platform for managing diverse physical network devices. Reduce the complexity of operating multiple vendor-specific tools and gain better visibility.
Businesses with multi-vendor network hardware, IT teams managing growing infrastructure, organizations seeking operational consolidation
Key Features
Cisco NSO Platform Software
Provides the core engine for network automation and orchestration, enabling centralized control over network devices.
Subscription Licensing
Offers flexible, ongoing access to the latest software features and support, aligning costs with operational needs.
Capacity for 60 Medium Physical Network Elements
Allows for the management of a significant number of network devices, suitable for many SMB and mid-market environments.
Physical Network Element Focus
Specifically designed to manage and automate traditional network hardware like routers, switches, and firewalls.
Automation and Orchestration Capabilities
Reduces manual effort, minimizes errors, and speeds up the delivery of network services and configurations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and compliant network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and ensure continuous service availability, making network automation critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy and ensure network uptime for critical patient care systems, benefiting from automated and compliant network operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often have complex, distributed networks that require robust automation for efficient operations and to support critical production systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, dynamic networks with diverse user needs, benefiting from automated provisioning and configuration to ensure efficient resource allocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco NSO?
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a software platform that automates network configuration and service deployment across multi-vendor network environments. It provides a unified approach to managing network devices.
What does 'medium physical network elements' mean?
This typically refers to standard network devices such as enterprise-grade routers, switches, and firewalls that are considered medium in terms of complexity and resource requirements for management by NSO. Specific definitions are usually provided by Cisco.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This license is provided on a subscription basis, meaning you pay periodically for the right to use the software and receive updates and support during the subscription term.
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.