Cisco OpenShift Platform License Standard Subscription
This Cisco OpenShift platform license subscription provides standard entitlements for 1-2 CPUs and 128 cores over a 5-year term, ensuring continuous access to critical containerization capabilities.
- Access to Core Features: Unlock the full suite of standard OpenShift features for container orchestration and application deployment.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain licensing compliance with Cisco's official subscription, avoiding potential penalties and operational disruptions.
- Predictable Costing: Benefit from a fixed 5-year subscription term, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for your IT infrastructure.
- Scalable Capacity: The license covers 1-2 CPUs with up to 128 cores, providing capacity for growing application workloads within your business environment.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a standard 5-year subscription license for Cisco's OpenShift platform, designed to provide essential containerization and application deployment capabilities for businesses. It covers environments utilizing 1-2 CPUs with a total of 128 cores, ensuring access to core platform features and ongoing support.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to manage and deploy containerized applications efficiently. It integrates into existing data center or hybrid cloud environments, providing a stable foundation for modern application development and operations without the overhead of enterprise-level management.
- Platform Licensing: Provides the necessary entitlements to operate Cisco OpenShift.
- Subscription Term: A 5-year subscription ensures continuous access and support.
- Core Capacity: Licensed for environments with 1-2 CPUs and up to 128 cores.
- Standard Features: Unlocks the standard feature set for container orchestration.
- Compliance: Ensures your OpenShift deployment is properly licensed and compliant.
This Cisco OpenShift subscription is ideal for SMB and mid-market teams seeking a cost-effective, compliant way to manage containerized applications.
What This Enables
Enable Containerized Application Deployment
Enable teams to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications efficiently using OpenShift's robust orchestration capabilities. Streamline the application lifecycle from development to production with a consistent platform experience.
private cloud, hybrid cloud, on-premises data center, application modernization
Streamline Development Workflows
Streamline developer workflows by providing a self-service platform for provisioning resources and deploying applications. Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines to accelerate time to market for new features and services.
devops environments, continuous integration, continuous delivery, microservices architecture
Automate Infrastructure Management
Automate infrastructure management tasks related to container orchestration, reducing manual effort and potential for error. Ensure consistent application environments across development, testing, and production stages.
infrastructure as code, cluster management, resource provisioning, operational efficiency
Key Features
OpenShift Container Platform
Provides a unified platform for building, deploying, and managing containerized applications.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support over a 5-year term.
Core Capacity Licensing (1-2 CPU, 128 Cores)
Allows for licensing based on your specific hardware footprint, ensuring cost-effectiveness for mid-range deployments.
Standard Entitlements
Unlocks the core features necessary for effective container orchestration and application management.
Cisco Support
Ensures access to technical assistance and security patches for platform stability and compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust platforms for deploying and managing applications that handle sensitive data, demanding high availability and strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and compliant platforms to manage patient data and critical applications, often adhering to HIPAA regulations and requiring reliable uptime for operational continuity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize containerization for modernizing operational technology (OT) and IT applications, aiming for increased efficiency, agility, and data processing capabilities on the factory floor and in supply chain management.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses leverage container platforms to deploy customer-facing applications, manage inventory systems, and enhance point-of-sale operations, requiring scalability and rapid updates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco OpenShift?
Cisco OpenShift is a container application platform that provides developers and IT operations teams with a more efficient way to build, deploy, and manage containerized applications at scale. It is built on Kubernetes.
What does a 5-year subscription license entail?
A 5-year subscription license provides you with the right to use the software for the duration of the term, typically including access to software updates, patches, and vendor support. This model offers predictable budgeting.
What is the significance of the CPU and core count in this license?
The license is specified for 1-2 CPUs with a total of 128 cores. This indicates the capacity of your environment for which the license is valid, ensuring you are properly licensed for your deployment size.
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.