Cisco NSO Platform License for Physical Network Elements
This Cisco NSO platform license provides advanced network automation capabilities for up to 50 large physical network elements over a one-year term, enhancing operational efficiency and compliance.
- Enhanced Automation: Gain access to sophisticated network automation features for complex physical network infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensure your network configuration and operations meet regulatory and internal policy requirements.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline network device management and service provisioning, reducing manual effort and errors.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports up to 50 large physical network elements, providing flexibility for growing infrastructure needs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Real-Time Monitoring (RTM) license enables advanced automation and management for 50 large physical network elements. It includes enhanced technical support for a one-year subscription term, providing critical capabilities for network visibility and control.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market companies utilize this license to automate complex network tasks, ensure configuration compliance, and reduce operational overhead. It integrates into existing network stacks, supporting environments with significant physical infrastructure that require precise and efficient management.
- Automated Provisioning: Automate the deployment and configuration of network services across physical devices.
- Configuration Compliance: Enforce consistent configurations and detect deviations from golden standards.
- Real-Time Monitoring: Gain visibility into network device status and performance for proactive issue resolution.
- Service Assurance: Improve the reliability and availability of network services through automated validation.
- Simplified Operations: Reduce the complexity of managing diverse network hardware and software.
This Cisco NSO license is ideal for mid-market organizations seeking to professionalize their network operations and achieve enterprise-level automation without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Automate Network Device Configuration
Enable teams to automate the provisioning and configuration of network devices, ensuring consistency and reducing manual errors. Streamline the deployment of new services and updates across your physical network infrastructure.
organizations with complex physical networks, IT departments managing multiple device vendors, businesses requiring rapid service deployment, teams focused on network standardization
Ensure Network Configuration Compliance
Automate the enforcement of network device configurations against defined policies and standards. Detect and remediate configuration drift in real-time, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and internal best practices.
businesses in regulated industries, companies with strict security policies, IT teams responsible for audit readiness, environments requiring consistent network state
Streamline Network Service Assurance
Automate the validation of network services after changes or deployments, ensuring they function as expected. Proactively identify and resolve service impacting issues, improving overall network reliability and uptime.
organizations dependent on network availability, IT departments managing critical business applications, teams focused on service level agreements, businesses seeking to minimize downtime
Key Features
Network Automation
Reduces manual effort and human error in network device configuration and service provisioning.
Configuration Compliance
Ensures network devices adhere to defined standards, mitigating security risks and audit failures.
Real-Time Monitoring
Provides immediate insights into network device status, enabling faster issue detection and resolution.
Service Orchestration
Enables automated, multi-vendor network service deployment and lifecycle management.
Enhanced Technical Support
Provides access to expert assistance for faster problem resolution and optimal platform utilization.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector demands high availability and strict compliance with regulations like SOX and PCI DSS, making automated network configuration and compliance essential for preventing breaches and ensuring operational continuity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, requiring secure and consistently configured networks to protect sensitive patient information and ensure uninterrupted access to critical systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on complex, interconnected physical networks for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, necessitating robust automation for efficient management and minimal downtime to maintain production schedules.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions manage large, dynamic network infrastructures with diverse user needs and security requirements, benefiting from automated provisioning and configuration to support academic and research activities efficiently.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco NSO?
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a software platform that enables network automation and orchestration. It allows IT teams to automate the deployment, configuration, and management of network services across diverse network devices and vendors.
What does '50 XLARGE PHYSICAL NETWK ELEM' mean?
This license tier supports up to 50 large physical network elements. 'Large' typically refers to more complex devices or those requiring more system resources for management and automation. The exact definition can vary by Cisco's licensing guidelines.
What is the benefit of an 'ENHAN TS' license?
ENHAN TS stands for Enhanced Technical Support. This means the license includes a higher level of support from Cisco, offering faster response times and more in-depth assistance compared to standard support, crucial for business-critical network operations.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
High — engineer-led
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.