Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License for Nexus 9332 (ACI Mode)
This Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License unlocks advanced capabilities for your Nexus 9332 switches operating in ACI mode, ensuring long-term operational efficiency.
- License Term: Perpetual access to foundational software features for your Cisco Nexus 9332.
- Billing Model: One-time perpetual license purchase with ongoing subscription for support and updates.
- Platform Focus: Specifically designed for Cisco Nexus 9332 switches configured for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode.
- Key Value: Guarantees compliance, enables critical network functions, and supports continued operation of your data center network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License provides a permanent entitlement to the foundational software features for Cisco Nexus 9332 switches when deployed in ACI mode. It ensures your network infrastructure has access to essential functionalities required for modern data center operations, including advanced traffic management and policy enforcement.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage their own data center networks. It integrates directly into the Cisco Nexus 9332 hardware, providing a stable and compliant software foundation for critical business applications and services.
- Perpetual Entitlement: Gain permanent rights to the foundational software features, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the core license.
- ACI Mode Optimization: Tailored for Nexus 9332 switches running in ACI mode, enabling advanced automation and programmability.
- Foundation Features: Unlocks essential capabilities for data center networking, including policy-based automation and network segmentation.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures your network software is licensed correctly, avoiding risks associated with non-compliance and potential audits.
- Scalability Support: Provides the necessary software foundation to support growing network demands and evolving application requirements.
Secure your network's future with this perpetual license, offering essential ACI capabilities for your Nexus 9332 switches without ongoing software subscription fees.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced ACI Network Automation
Enable teams to automate network provisioning and management using policy-driven configurations within the ACI framework. Streamline the deployment and modification of network services for critical business applications.
data center operations, network virtualization, policy-based automation, software-defined networking
Ensure Network Compliance and Audit Readiness
Maintain full compliance with software licensing requirements for your Cisco Nexus 9332 switches. Protect against potential penalties and operational disruptions stemming from licensing audits.
IT asset management, regulatory adherence, risk mitigation, infrastructure lifecycle management
Support Critical Business Application Performance
Provide a stable and feature-rich software foundation for high-performance data center networking. Guarantee continued access to essential features that support the availability and performance of business-critical applications.
application delivery, network stability, business continuity, IT infrastructure foundation
Key Features
Perpetual Software License
Gain permanent rights to foundational software features, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the core license and ensuring long-term access.
Nexus 9332 ACI Mode Support
Optimized for Cisco Nexus 9332 switches in ACI mode, enabling advanced automation, programmability, and policy-based management.
Foundation Software Features
Unlocks essential capabilities for data center networking, including policy enforcement, segmentation, and traffic management.
Compliance Assurance
Ensures your network software is properly licensed, mitigating risks of audits, penalties, and operational disruptions.
Subscription for Support and Updates
Allows for continued access to Cisco's technical support, software updates, and bug fixes, ensuring your network remains secure and up-to-date.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available, secure, and compliant network infrastructure to support critical trading platforms and sensitive customer data, making ACI features essential for network segmentation and policy enforcement.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating robust network security, segmentation, and auditability provided by ACI-enabled Nexus switches.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand reliable and predictable network performance for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, benefiting from ACI's automation and policy control for managing complex network segments.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups often operate large, distributed networks that require centralized management and automation to ensure consistent policy application and efficient service delivery across numerous locations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License?
A Cisco ONE ELA Foundation Perpetual License grants your organization permanent rights to use the foundational software features included in the license. This means you own the license indefinitely, unlike term-based subscriptions.
What does 'ACI Mode' mean for this license?
ACI Mode refers to Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure, a software-defined networking solution for data centers. This license is specifically designed to enable the foundational features of ACI on your Nexus 9332 switches.
Does this license include ongoing support?
The perpetual license covers the software entitlement indefinitely. However, ongoing access to Cisco's technical support, software updates, and bug fixes typically requires a separate, active support contract or subscription, often bundled with the initial purchase.
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.