Cisco NSO Virtual CPU License - 1 Year
This 1-year Cisco NSO license per virtual CPU unlocks advanced network automation capabilities for your virtual network functions, ensuring operational efficiency and compliance.
- License Term: Annual subscription providing continuous access to Cisco NSO features.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based, offering predictable operational expenses.
- Platform Focus: Designed for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) running on virtualized infrastructure.
- Key Value: Enables automated network service provisioning and lifecycle management, ensuring compliance and reducing manual errors.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 1-year subscription license for Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) specifically for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), licensed per virtual CPU. It grants access to Cisco NSO's powerful network automation and orchestration capabilities, enabling the management and provisioning of network services across diverse network environments.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who are deploying or managing virtualized network infrastructure. It integrates into environments where VNFs are critical for delivering network services, helping to streamline operations and maintain network integrity.
- Automated Service Provisioning: Streamline the deployment of new network services.
- Network Configuration Management: Ensure consistent and compliant configurations across your network.
- Lifecycle Management: Automate the entire lifecycle of network services, from deployment to decommissioning.
- Multi-Vendor Support: Manage diverse network devices and services from a single platform.
- Compliance and Auditability: Maintain accurate records and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
This Cisco NSO license provides essential automation and management tools for businesses looking to optimize their virtualized network operations without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Automated Network Service Deployment
Enable teams to automate the provisioning and configuration of network services for virtual network functions. Streamline the deployment process, reduce manual errors, and accelerate service delivery to meet business demands.
virtualized infrastructure, cloud-native applications, network function virtualization, software-defined networking
Streamline Network Configuration Management
Streamline the management of network configurations across diverse virtual network functions. Ensure consistency, enforce compliance policies, and maintain an accurate audit trail for all network changes.
multi-vendor network environments, hybrid cloud deployments, IT automation initiatives, infrastructure as code
Automate Network Service Lifecycle Management
Automate the entire lifecycle of network services, from initial deployment through updates and eventual decommissioning. Reduce operational burden and ensure services are always up-to-date and compliant.
dynamic network environments, service assurance programs, IT operations efficiency goals, scalable network architectures
Key Features
Virtual CPU Licensing
Pay only for the virtual CPU resources consumed by Cisco NSO, providing cost-effective scalability for your virtualized network functions.
1-Year Subscription Term
Provides access to the latest features and support for a defined period, allowing for predictable budgeting and planning.
Network Services Orchestration
Enables automated provisioning, configuration, and management of network services across multi-vendor environments.
Virtual Network Function (VNF) Support
Specifically designed to manage and automate services delivered by VNFs in virtualized infrastructure.
Cisco Brand Assurance
Leverage a trusted vendor's platform for critical network automation and orchestration tasks.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and compliant network services for transaction processing and data security, making network automation critical for meeting strict regulatory demands and uptime SLAs.
Telecommunications & Media
Service providers rely on network automation to efficiently deploy and manage complex virtualized network services, such as 5G core functions and enterprise VPNs, to reduce operational costs and time-to-market.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, reliable, and compliant networks to manage sensitive patient data and critical medical systems, benefiting from automated provisioning and configuration to ensure data integrity and system availability.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments increasingly use virtualised network functions for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring robust automation to ensure the reliability and security of critical production systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco NSO?
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a software platform that automates network configuration and service provisioning across multi-vendor network devices and environments. It helps manage the entire lifecycle of network services.
What does 'per Virtual CPU' licensing mean?
This licensing model means the cost is based on the number of virtual CPUs allocated to the Cisco NSO software instance running your network services. It allows for granular scaling based on your actual resource needs.
Is this license for physical or virtual network functions?
This specific license, NSO-VMCPU-LIC-1Y, is for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) running in a virtualized environment. Cisco offers other licensing models for physical devices.
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.