Cisco ONE Essential Add-On Term License for Catalyst 9300
This 5-year Cisco ONE Essential Add-On Term license unlocks critical software features and ongoing support for your Cisco Catalyst 9300 network infrastructure.
- Access to Essential Software: Unlock core networking features and functionalities for enhanced network performance and management.
- Extended Term License: Provides a 5-year subscription, ensuring continuous access to software features and updates without interruption.
- Platform Specific: Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switches, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
- Compliance and Support: Maintain software compliance and benefit from Cisco's ongoing support for critical network operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ONE Essential Add-On Term License provides a 5-year subscription to essential software features for Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switches. This license ensures your network infrastructure has access to the necessary functionalities for efficient operation, management, and security.
This license is designed for businesses that utilize Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches as part of their core network infrastructure. It is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to maintain compliance, access updated features, and ensure the continued optimal performance of their network hardware.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks a defined set of essential software features for the Catalyst 9300 platform.
- Subscription Term: A 5-year term provides predictable costs and continuous access to licensed capabilities.
- Software Compliance: Ensures your network is running licensed software, avoiding potential compliance issues.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees access to necessary software features for ongoing network operations.
- Simplified Management: Integrates with Cisco's licensing portal for easier tracking and management.
This Cisco ONE Essential Add-On Term license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing to ensure their Catalyst 9300 network has access to essential software features and ongoing support.
What This Enables
Enable Essential Network Features
Enable teams to access and utilize core networking functionalities required for efficient traffic management and device operation. Streamline network configuration and monitoring with a defined set of essential software capabilities.
On-premises network infrastructure, wired and wireless access layers, campus and branch office deployments
Ensure Software Compliance
Automate the process of maintaining software license compliance across your Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches. Prevent potential operational risks and audit failures by securing the necessary entitlements for your network hardware.
Regulated business environments, IT asset management, network lifecycle management
Maintain Operational Continuity
Guarantee uninterrupted access to critical software features for 5 years, ensuring your network continues to perform as expected. Protect against service interruptions caused by expired licenses or missing functionalities.
Business-critical network operations, high-availability network designs, continuous service delivery environments
Key Features
Cisco ONE Essential Software Features
Unlocks a defined set of core functionalities for enhanced network performance and management on Catalyst 9300 switches.
5-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to licensed software features, ensuring long-term operational stability.
Platform Specific for Catalyst 9300
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance by being tailored to the specific hardware platform.
Software Compliance Assurance
Helps maintain regulatory and internal compliance by ensuring all network devices are running properly licensed software.
Ongoing Support Entitlement
Grants access to Cisco's support resources for the licensed software features, aiding in troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and secure network infrastructure to handle sensitive data and ensure continuous operations, making robust licensing and feature access critical for compliance and performance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure and well-managed network environments with licensed software to protect patient data and ensure system availability.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors rely on stable network performance for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing services, where consistent access to essential network features prevents service disruptions.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require reliable network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, where consistent software functionality is key to maintaining production uptime and efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco ONE?
Cisco ONE (Open Network Environment) is a software licensing and consumption model that provides flexible access to a suite of network software features. It aims to simplify licensing and offer greater choice to customers.
What does 'Essential' mean in this license?
The 'Essential' tier typically includes a core set of foundational software features for network access and management. Specific features included are detailed in Cisco's product documentation for the Catalyst 9300 platform.
How is this license billed?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis, in this case, for a 5-year term. The price listed is for the entire 5-year duration.
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.