Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X Lifecycle Subscription
This Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X lifecycle subscription provides essential software updates and support for 5 years, ensuring your network management platform remains current and fully functional.
- Continuous Operation: Ensures your network management software is always up-to-date with the latest features and security patches.
- Feature Access: Grants entitlement to new functionalities and enhancements released during the subscription term.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance by keeping your infrastructure software current with vendor standards.
- Predictable Costs: Offers a subscription-based model for predictable budgeting of essential software lifecycle management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X Lifecycle subscription provides ongoing access to software updates, patches, and technical support for your Cisco network management platform. It ensures your system remains operational, secure, and capable of managing your network infrastructure effectively throughout its lifecycle.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize Cisco Prime Infrastructure to gain visibility, manage, and troubleshoot their Cisco network devices. This subscription is crucial for maintaining the health and performance of the network management system itself, integrating into existing IT operations and infrastructure.
- Software Updates: Access to all new releases, feature enhancements, and maintenance updates for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X.
- Security Patches: Timely delivery of security vulnerability fixes to protect your network management environment.
- Technical Support: Entitlement to Cisco's expert technical assistance for issues related to the software.
- Lifecycle Management: Ensures your platform stays current, avoiding end-of-life issues and maintaining full functionality.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable, recurring costs for managing your essential network management software.
This lifecycle subscription is the ideal solution for businesses needing to maintain their Cisco Prime Infrastructure environment without the overhead of managing complex software lifecycles independently.
What This Enables
Enable Continuous Network Management Software Operation
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted network visibility and control by ensuring their Cisco Prime Infrastructure software is always updated. Streamline operations with access to the latest features and security enhancements throughout the subscription term.
on-premises software deployments, managed IT infrastructure, network operations centers, IT lifecycle management
Automate Software Updates and Patching
Automate the process of acquiring and applying critical software updates and security patches for Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Streamline compliance efforts by ensuring the management platform adheres to vendor-supported versions.
virtualized environments, distributed network architectures, IT asset management, proactive system maintenance
Access New Features and Functionality
Provide IT professionals with entitlement to new features and performance improvements released by Cisco for Prime Infrastructure. Enhance network troubleshooting and reporting capabilities with access to the most advanced software versions.
growing business networks, evolving IT requirements, performance optimization initiatives, technology refresh cycles
Key Features
Software Updates and Upgrades
Access to all new releases and feature enhancements for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X, keeping your management capabilities current.
Security Patching
Timely delivery of security fixes to protect your network management platform from vulnerabilities and cyber threats.
Technical Support Entitlement
Direct access to Cisco's expert technical assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution related to the software.
Lifecycle Management
Avoids end-of-life issues and ensures your platform remains fully functional and supported throughout its operational life.
Subscription Model
Provides predictable budgeting and simplifies software lifecycle management with recurring, manageable costs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure network infrastructure, making continuous updates and support for network management tools like Cisco Prime Infrastructure critical for operational integrity and compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on reliable network performance for patient care systems and data security, necessitating up-to-date network management software to ensure uptime and meet strict regulatory requirements.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on robust network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, demanding stable and secure network management platforms to prevent disruptions and maintain production efficiency.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks supporting students and staff, requiring efficient and secure network management tools that are kept current through lifecycle subscriptions to ensure uninterrupted access to resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a lifecycle subscription for Cisco Prime Infrastructure?
A lifecycle subscription provides ongoing access to software updates, patches, and technical support for your Cisco Prime Infrastructure platform for a defined term, typically 1 to 5 years. It ensures your software remains current, secure, and supported by Cisco.
What happens when my Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X lifecycle subscription expires?
Upon expiration, you will no longer receive software updates, security patches, or technical support from Cisco for your Prime Infrastructure 2.X software. It is recommended to renew the subscription to maintain full functionality and support.
Does this subscription cover hardware?
No, this is a software license subscription for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.X. It covers the lifecycle management of the software itself, not the underlying hardware on which it may be installed or the network devices it manages.
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.