Cisco ONE N9300 GF Storage Add-on License
This Cisco ONE N9300 GF Storage Add-on License subscription provides essential software capabilities for your network infrastructure, ensuring continued operation and feature access.
- Subscription Term: Access to software features and updates for the duration of your subscription, ensuring your network remains current and supported.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks specific storage-related functionalities and capacity enhancements on Cisco N9300 Series switches.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains adherence to software licensing requirements, avoiding potential operational disruptions or penalties.
- Continued Operation: Guarantees access to necessary software features and vendor support for the licensed term, critical for business continuity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco ONE N9300 GF Storage Add-on License is a subscription-based software license designed to enhance the capabilities of Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches. It provides access to specific storage-related software features and functionalities, ensuring your network hardware operates at its full potential.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to optimize their network's storage performance and ensure compliance with software entitlements. It integrates directly with the Cisco N9300 platform, fitting into existing network deployments.
- Software Subscription: Provides access to licensed features for a defined term.
- Platform Specific: Designed for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series N9300 switches.
- Feature Unlock: Enables specific storage-related software capabilities.
- Compliance Management: Helps maintain a compliant software licensing posture.
- Operational Continuity: Supports the ongoing, reliable operation of network services.
This Cisco ONE license subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maximize their network hardware investment and ensure access to critical software features.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Storage Features
Enable teams to unlock specialized storage management and performance features on their Cisco N9300 switches. Streamline data handling and improve efficiency for critical business applications.
On-premises data centers, campus network cores, branch office deployments, virtualized environments
Ensure Software Compliance
Streamline the process of maintaining software license compliance for Cisco network hardware. Automate tracking and entitlement management to avoid operational disruptions and audit risks.
Regulated industries, multi-site organizations, IT environments with strict change control
Support Business Continuity
Automate access to necessary software features and vendor support for continued network operation. Protect against downtime by ensuring your Cisco N9300 switches have the required software entitlements.
Mission-critical network operations, businesses with high availability requirements, IT departments managing essential services
Key Features
Cisco ONE Software Subscription
Provides access to licensed features for a defined term, ensuring your network stays current and supported without large upfront capital expenditures.
N9300 Platform Specific
Tailored for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series N9300 switches, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance within your existing network infrastructure.
Storage Functionality Add-on
Unlocks specific software capabilities related to storage, enhancing data handling and management on your network devices.
Subscription Billing
Offers predictable operational expenses, making IT budget management simpler and more efficient for SMB and mid-market organizations.
Compliance Assurance
Helps maintain a compliant software licensing posture, reducing the risk of operational disruptions or audit penalties.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network performance and strict adherence to data handling and security compliance standards, making advanced storage features on network infrastructure critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations manage vast amounts of sensitive patient data, necessitating reliable, high-performance networks with compliant software features to ensure data integrity and accessibility.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on real-time data processing and control systems, where network stability and optimized storage performance are essential for operational efficiency and uptime.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses depend on responsive networks for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing services, where efficient data handling is key to smooth operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco ONE license?
Cisco ONE (ONE Platform Kit) licenses offer a flexible, software-based approach to network management and services. They provide access to specific software features and capabilities for a subscription term, allowing businesses to adapt their network as needs evolve.
What does the 'GF Storage Add-on' enable?
This specific add-on license unlocks particular software features related to storage functionality on the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series N9300 switches. The exact features enabled are detailed in Cisco's product documentation for this license.
How is this license billed?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is billed on a recurring basis (e.g., annually) for the duration of the subscription term, rather than a one-time perpetual purchase.
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.