Cisco ONE Foundation Perpetual License for MDS 9700
This Cisco ONE Foundation perpetual license provides essential software capabilities for your Cisco MDS 9700 platform, ensuring continued operation and feature access.
- Access to Foundational Features: Unlock core functionalities required for your data center network's essential operations.
- Perpetual Entitlement: Gain permanent rights to the licensed software features, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the base license.
- Platform Specificity: Directly applies to the Cisco MDS 9700 series, ensuring compatibility and optimized performance for your storage networking hardware.
- Compliance and Stability: Maintain a compliant software posture and ensure the stable, continued operation of critical network infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ONE Foundation Perpetual License for MDS 9700 provides a permanent entitlement to foundational software features for Cisco's MDS 9700 series of storage networking switches. This license unlocks essential capabilities necessary for the core operation and management of your data center's storage infrastructure, ensuring stability and feature availability without ongoing subscription fees for the base entitlement.
This licensing is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for managing their own network infrastructure. It fits into environments where maintaining a stable, compliant, and fully functional storage network is critical for business operations, such as data storage, retrieval, and data center fabric management.
- Perpetual Software Rights: Own the license to use the foundational software features indefinitely.
- MDS 9700 Series Compatibility: Specifically designed for the Cisco MDS 9700 platform, ensuring seamless integration.
- Core Network Functionality: Enables essential features for storage network operation and management.
- Simplified Licensing: Provides a clear, one-time purchase for core software capabilities.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network infrastructure can continue to operate with necessary features.
This perpetual license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to secure essential Cisco MDS 9700 software capabilities with a one-time investment.
What This Enables
Enable Foundational Storage Network Features
Enable teams to manage and operate their storage area networks with core functionalities. Streamline data flow and ensure reliable connectivity for critical business applications.
data center operations, storage area network management, enterprise resource planning systems, business continuity planning
Ensure Long-Term Operational Stability
Streamline network operations by securing permanent access to essential software features. Automate critical data handling processes with confidence in feature availability.
network infrastructure lifecycle management, business-critical application support, IT asset management, long-term IT planning
Maintain Licensing Compliance
Automate compliance by acquiring perpetual rights to necessary software features, avoiding potential penalties or operational disruptions. Enable IT professionals to focus on strategic initiatives rather than license audits.
regulatory compliance adherence, IT governance frameworks, risk management strategies, operational efficiency initiatives
Key Features
Perpetual License Entitlement
Gain permanent rights to use the foundational software features, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the base license and providing long-term cost predictability.
Cisco ONE Foundation Software
Access essential software capabilities designed to ensure the stable and efficient operation of your Cisco MDS 9700 storage networking platform.
MDS 9700 Series Specific
Ensures compatibility and optimized performance, as the license is tailored for the specific hardware platform it supports.
Core Network Functionality
Provides the fundamental features required for managing and operating your data center's storage fabric, supporting critical business data.
Compliance and Stability
Helps maintain a compliant software environment and ensures the continued, reliable operation of your essential storage infrastructure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and compliant storage networking to manage sensitive transaction data and adhere to strict regulatory requirements for data integrity and availability.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive patient data, necessitating robust, secure, and always-available storage solutions to meet HIPAA compliance and critical care needs.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on efficient data management for operational efficiency, supply chain visibility, and production monitoring, requiring stable and performant storage infrastructure.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups manage large volumes of customer data, inventory, and transaction information, demanding reliable storage for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer relationship management.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a perpetual license?
A perpetual license grants you the right to use the software indefinitely. Unlike subscription licenses, there are no recurring fees for the base entitlement, though ongoing support and access to future updates may require separate agreements.
What does 'Foundation' mean in Cisco ONE Foundation?
Foundation refers to the essential, core set of software features required for the basic operation and management of the hardware platform. It provides the fundamental capabilities needed for the device to function within your network.
Does this license include ongoing support or software updates?
This perpetual license primarily covers the right to use the foundational software features indefinitely. Separate Cisco Smart Net Total Care or similar support contracts are typically required for ongoing technical support, hardware replacement, and access to software updates and bug fixes.
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.