Cisco NSO RTM 3 Year License for Medium Physical Network Element
This 3-year license for Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) enables advanced automation and management for medium physical network elements, ensuring operational continuity.
- License Term: Provides 3 years of access to Cisco NSO RTM capabilities.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based licensing for predictable IT budgeting.
- Platform Focus: Designed for managing medium-sized physical network infrastructure.
- Key Value: Ensures compliance, unlocks essential features, and maintains network stability.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 3-year subscription license for Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) specifically for managing medium physical network elements. It unlocks the full capabilities of the RTM (Run-Time Manager) component, allowing for sophisticated automation, configuration management, and service provisioning across your physical network infrastructure.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for maintaining and evolving their physical network. It integrates directly into their existing IT environment, providing a centralized platform for network operations and reducing the complexity of managing diverse network devices.
- Automated Network Management: Streamline device configuration and service deployment.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain consistent configurations and adhere to regulatory standards.
- Operational Efficiency: Reduce manual tasks and minimize human error in network operations.
- Scalable Solution: Supports medium-sized physical network elements within your infrastructure.
- Subscription Value: Predictable costs with continuous access to NSO RTM features.
This Cisco NSO RTM license offers SMB and mid-market teams a powerful, cost-effective way to automate and manage their physical network infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Network Automation and Orchestration
Enable teams to automate complex network configurations and service deployments across physical network devices. Streamline the provisioning and management of network services, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
organizations with diverse physical network hardware, teams managing multi-vendor network environments, businesses seeking to reduce network operational costs, companies implementing network function virtualization (NFV)
Ensure Network Configuration Compliance
Automate the enforcement of network configuration standards and policies to maintain compliance with internal governance and external regulations. Protect against configuration drift and ensure all network devices adhere to defined security and operational baselines.
businesses with strict regulatory requirements, organizations requiring auditable network configurations, companies operating in security-sensitive sectors, environments with standardized network deployments
Streamline Network Service Lifecycle Management
Streamline the entire lifecycle of network services, from initial deployment to ongoing changes and decommissioning. Automate routine tasks associated with service activation, modification, and retirement, improving agility and responsiveness.
teams managing network services for internal users, organizations offering network-based services, businesses with frequent network service updates, environments with a focus on service delivery speed
Key Features
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) RTM
Provides a powerful platform for automating network configurations and service provisioning, reducing manual effort and errors.
Physical Network Element Support
Specifically designed to manage medium-sized physical network devices, ensuring compatibility and effective control.
3-Year License Term
Offers long-term access to NSO RTM capabilities, providing stability and predictable operational planning.
Subscription Billing
Enables predictable IT budgeting with a recurring subscription model for software access.
Compliance and Policy Enforcement
Helps maintain network configuration consistency and adherence to regulatory standards, reducing risk.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and compliant network operations to manage sensitive data and ensure continuous service availability, making network automation critical.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on stable and secure network connectivity for operational technology (OT) systems, where consistent configurations and minimal downtime are paramount.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating robust network security and auditable configurations managed through automation.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often manage large, complex networks and must comply with stringent security mandates and procurement regulations, benefiting from automated and standardized network management.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco NSO RTM?
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) RTM is a software platform that enables network automation and service provisioning. RTM stands for Run-Time Manager, indicating its role in actively managing network services and configurations.
What does 'medium physical network element' mean in this context?
This typically refers to network devices like routers, switches, firewalls, or load balancers that are part of your physical infrastructure and fall within a certain scale or complexity that the 'medium' designation implies, as defined by Cisco's licensing structure.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license with a 3-year term. You gain access to the software's capabilities for the duration of the subscription.
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.