Cisco PI 3.x Platform Base SMA License
This Cisco PI 3.x Platform Base SMA license provides essential network management capabilities for your organization's Cisco infrastructure.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.x platform features.
- Billing Model: Ongoing subscription ensures continuous access to software updates and support.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco's network management platforms, enabling centralized control.
- Key Value: Maintains compliance, unlocks critical management features, and ensures operational continuity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco PI 3.x Platform Base SMA license is a subscription-based software entitlement for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.x. It unlocks core platform functionalities necessary for managing and monitoring your Cisco network devices, ensuring your IT environment operates efficiently and remains compliant.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who are responsible for deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Cisco network infrastructure. It integrates into existing network stacks, providing a centralized console for device configuration, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Core Management Features: Enables essential network visibility, configuration management, and troubleshooting tools.
- Subscription Access: Provides continuous access to the latest software updates and feature enhancements.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance by ensuring your network management software is up-to-date and supported.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines network operations through centralized management and automated tasks.
- Scalable Capacity: Supports a defined base capacity for network devices, allowing for growth.
This Cisco license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable network management without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Centralized Network Monitoring
Enable IT teams to gain a unified view of network health and performance across multiple locations. Streamline troubleshooting by quickly identifying and resolving issues before they impact users.
on-premises networks, multi-site deployments, hybrid cloud environments, managed IT infrastructure
Automate Device Configuration and Compliance
Automate the deployment and management of device configurations to ensure consistency and adherence to security policies. Maintain regulatory compliance by regularly auditing configurations and generating reports.
network device management, security policy enforcement, IT audit preparation, standardized deployments
Streamline Network Troubleshooting
Streamline the process of diagnosing and resolving network problems with integrated diagnostic tools. Reduce downtime by enabling faster root cause analysis and issue remediation.
network operations centers, IT support desks, performance monitoring, proactive issue resolution
Key Features
Subscription-based licensing
Provides continuous access to the latest software features, security patches, and vendor support, ensuring your network management tools remain current and effective.
Centralized management console
Offers a single pane of glass for monitoring, configuring, and troubleshooting your Cisco network devices, significantly improving operational efficiency.
Performance monitoring and reporting
Delivers insights into network performance, enabling proactive identification of bottlenecks and optimization opportunities to maintain service levels.
Device configuration management
Simplifies the process of deploying, backing up, and restoring device configurations, reducing the risk of errors and ensuring consistency across your network.
Troubleshooting tools
Equips IT teams with essential diagnostic capabilities to quickly identify and resolve network issues, minimizing downtime and user impact.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure networks to manage sensitive data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making robust network management essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain continuous network uptime and data security to support critical patient care systems and comply with HIPAA regulations, necessitating reliable network management.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and predictable network performance for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, demanding efficient management to prevent production disruptions.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse networks with numerous endpoints and user groups, requiring scalable and efficient tools to ensure connectivity and security for students and staff.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Prime Infrastructure?
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management solution that provides comprehensive monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities for Cisco networks. It helps IT teams manage the lifecycle of their network infrastructure.
What does 'Platform Base SMA' mean?
'Platform Base SMA' typically refers to the core software license for the Cisco Prime Infrastructure platform, enabling essential management functionalities. 'SMA' often denotes a specific licensing tier or support agreement.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This product is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software and its updates over a defined term.
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.