Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License for Catalyst 3850
This Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License provides ongoing access to essential software features and support for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switching platform, ensuring continued operational integrity.
- Foundation Features: Unlocks core networking capabilities and essential software functionalities for your Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
- Perpetual Entitlement: Grants permanent rights to the licensed software features, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the core license.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures your network infrastructure adheres to software licensing requirements, avoiding potential audit risks and penalties.
- Continued Operation: Guarantees access to critical software updates and essential support, maintaining network stability and performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License is a software entitlement for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches. It provides a perpetual license for foundational software features, ensuring your network hardware operates with essential capabilities and access to necessary support.
This license is designed for businesses that own and operate their IT infrastructure, including IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies. It integrates directly with your existing Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches, providing a stable and compliant software foundation for your network operations.
- Perpetual Software Rights: Gain permanent ownership of the foundational software features for your Catalyst 3850.
- Essential Feature Access: Unlock core networking functionalities required for day-to-day operations.
- Compliance Management: Maintain licensing compliance and avoid risks associated with unauthorized software use.
- Operational Stability: Ensure your network devices continue to function optimally with access to necessary software.
- Simplified IT Management: Streamline software licensing for your core network infrastructure.
This perpetual license offers a cost-effective and compliant way for SMB and mid-market organizations to manage essential software on their Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
What This Enables
Enable Foundational Network Features
Enable teams to unlock and utilize the core networking capabilities of their Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches. Streamline network operations by ensuring all essential software functionalities are properly licensed and accessible.
on-premises data centers, campus networks, branch office deployments, wired network infrastructure
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Streamline the process of maintaining software license compliance for critical network hardware. Automate the tracking and validation of software entitlements to avoid audit risks and penalties.
regulated business environments, IT asset management, network infrastructure audits, corporate IT governance
Guarantee Long-Term Software Access
Enable teams to secure perpetual rights to essential software features, eliminating the need for recurring subscription costs for the core license. Provide a stable and predictable software environment for your network devices.
long-term IT asset planning, capital expenditure budgeting, stable network operations, infrastructure lifecycle management
Key Features
Perpetual License Entitlement
Gain permanent rights to the licensed software features, providing long-term value and cost predictability for your network infrastructure.
Foundation Software Features
Unlock essential networking capabilities required for the core operation and management of Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches.
Cisco ONE ELA Program
Benefit from Cisco's established licensing framework, simplifying software management and compliance for your enterprise network.
Catalyst 3850 Platform Support
Ensure compatibility and optimal performance by applying this license directly to your Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switches.
Compliance Assurance
Maintain adherence to software licensing agreements, mitigating risks associated with audits and ensuring legal operation of your network.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust and compliant network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and ensure high availability, making perpetual licensing for core network devices a strategic choice for stability and cost management.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating reliable and properly licensed network equipment to protect patient data and ensure uninterrupted critical services.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments depend on stable and secure network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, where perpetual licenses for core switching infrastructure provide long-term reliability and predictable costs.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often manage large, complex networks with budget constraints, benefiting from perpetual licenses that offer a fixed cost for essential software, ensuring long-term access and operational continuity for campus-wide services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License?
It is a software license that grants your organization permanent rights to the foundational software features for a specific Cisco product, in this case, the Catalyst 3850 series. It ensures you have ongoing access to these features without recurring subscription fees for the core license.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 series of switches. The MPN E2C1-CAT38505F-S indicates it is for the Catalyst 3850 platform.
What are the benefits of a perpetual license over a subscription?
A perpetual license provides long-term ownership of the software rights, offering greater cost predictability and avoiding ongoing operational expenses associated with subscriptions for the core features.
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.