Cisco PI 3.x LF, AS & APIC-EM Platform License
This Cisco platform license subscription unlocks advanced network intelligence and automation features for your Cisco infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and compliance.
- Access to: Advanced network visibility, troubleshooting, and policy automation tools.
- Coverage for: Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.x features, Assurance, and APIC-EM capabilities.
- Protection against: Network performance degradation and compliance gaps through proactive monitoring.
- Entitlement to: Continued software updates and access to Cisco's support resources for the subscription term.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This subscription license provides access to Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) 3.x, including its Lifecycle (LF), Assurance (AS), and Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) functionalities. It enables enhanced network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting for Cisco environments.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to gain deeper insights into their network's health, automate routine tasks, and ensure application performance. It integrates with existing Cisco hardware to provide a unified management platform.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network traffic, device status, and user activity.
- Proactive Assurance: Monitor application performance and network health to identify and resolve issues before they impact users.
- Policy Automation: Streamline network configuration and policy deployment across your infrastructure.
- Compliance Management: Maintain network compliance with regulatory requirements through robust reporting and auditing.
- Scalable Management: Manage growing and complex Cisco networks efficiently from a single platform.
This Cisco license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking enterprise-grade network management without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Enable teams to gain deep visibility into network performance and quickly diagnose and resolve issues. Streamline troubleshooting processes to minimize downtime and maintain business continuity.
On-premises data centers, distributed branch offices, hybrid cloud environments
Automate Network Configuration and Policy Deployment
Automate the deployment of network configurations and security policies across multiple devices and locations. Streamline network changes and reduce the risk of human error in complex environments.
Organizations with standardized network hardware, businesses requiring consistent policy enforcement, teams managing large device counts
Ensure Application Performance and User Experience
Proactively monitor application delivery and user experience by analyzing network traffic and device health. Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize network resources to ensure critical applications run smoothly.
Businesses reliant on critical business applications, organizations with performance-sensitive workloads, environments with diverse user access points
Key Features
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.x
Provides a unified platform for managing Cisco networks, simplifying operations and reducing complexity.
Assurance (AS)
Offers proactive network health monitoring and performance analytics to ensure optimal application delivery and user experience.
APIC-EM
Enables application-aware network control and policy automation, allowing for granular management of application traffic.
Lifecycle Management
Supports the entire network device lifecycle, from initial deployment to ongoing management and troubleshooting.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable costs and access to the latest software updates and features throughout the subscription term.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires high network availability and performance for critical financial transactions and sensitive data, making advanced management and assurance features essential for compliance and operational stability.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations rely on secure and reliable network connectivity for patient care systems and data, necessitating robust monitoring and policy enforcement to meet strict regulatory requirements like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand consistent network performance for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring tools that can manage complex, distributed networks and ensure uptime for production systems.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with many users and devices, benefiting from automated management and visibility to ensure reliable access to learning resources and research platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Prime Infrastructure?
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management solution that provides comprehensive monitoring, troubleshooting, and configuration management for Cisco networks. It helps IT teams maintain network health and performance.
What does the 'LF, AS & APIC-EM' designation mean?
LF refers to Lifecycle management, AS refers to Assurance features for performance monitoring, and APIC-EM refers to Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module for application-aware networking. This license bundles these key capabilities.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license. It provides access to the software and updates for a defined term, with recurring billing.
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.