Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.x Upgrade License
Upgrade your Cisco network management capabilities with the Prime Infrastructure 2.x upgrade license, ensuring continued access to essential network monitoring and control features.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Prime Infrastructure 2.x features and updates.
- Coverage Scope: Enables advanced network visibility, configuration management, and troubleshooting for your Cisco infrastructure.
- Value: Ensures compliance and access to the latest network management tools without requiring new hardware purchases.
- Outcome: Maintains optimal network performance and security through up-to-date management software.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco platform software upgrade license for Prime Infrastructure version 2.x. It provides the entitlement to upgrade from Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS) or Cisco Prime LMS (Location Management Services) to the Prime Infrastructure platform, unlocking advanced network management capabilities.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who manage Cisco-based networks. It fits into environments requiring centralized control, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network devices, ensuring operational efficiency and compliance.
- Upgrade Entitlement: Allows migration from older Cisco network management solutions to Prime Infrastructure 2.x.
- Feature Access: Unlocks advanced capabilities for network monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Subscription Billing: Provides ongoing access to software features and updates on a recurring basis.
- Platform Support: Applicable to specific Cisco network hardware managed by Prime Infrastructure.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network management tools remain current and supported.
This upgrade license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their Cisco network management without the overhead of a full system replacement.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Monitoring
Enable teams to gain deeper insights into network performance and health. Streamline the identification and resolution of network issues before they impact business operations.
On-premises network infrastructure, Cisco device management, centralized IT operations
Automate Configuration Management
Automate the deployment and management of network device configurations across your infrastructure. Streamline compliance checks and reduce the risk of configuration drift.
Multi-device network environments, IT policy enforcement, standardized network deployments
Improve Troubleshooting Efficiency
Streamline the process of diagnosing and resolving network problems with advanced tools and data correlation. Enable faster response times to critical network incidents.
Complex network topologies, proactive network maintenance, IT support teams
Key Features
Upgrade Path from LMS/NCS
Provides a clear and supported migration route to a modern network management platform, preserving existing investments.
Subscription Licensing
Offers flexible, recurring access to software features and updates, aligning costs with ongoing operational needs.
Enhanced Network Visibility
Delivers deeper insights into network performance, traffic patterns, and device status, enabling proactive management.
Centralized Management
Consolidates the control and monitoring of diverse Cisco network devices into a single interface, simplifying operations.
Configuration Automation
Reduces manual effort and errors in network device configuration, ensuring consistency and compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security for their networks to ensure uninterrupted service and protect sensitive data, making advanced network management critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations rely on secure and stable networks for patient care systems and data management, necessitating efficient and compliant network operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments depend on reliable network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, requiring precise control and monitoring to prevent downtime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks serving students and staff, demanding efficient tools for performance monitoring and resource allocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Prime Infrastructure?
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management solution that provides comprehensive capabilities for monitoring, troubleshooting, and managing Cisco networks. It helps IT teams maintain network performance, security, and availability.
What does the upgrade license enable?
This license enables you to upgrade from an older version of Cisco LMS (Location Management Services) or Cisco Prime NCS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.x. It grants you the right to use the newer software version.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software and its updates during the subscription 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.