Cisco Prime Performance Manager 1 Year Subscription for MDS 9500
Maintain peak network performance and compliance for your Cisco MDS 9500 environment with a 3-year Cisco Prime Performance Manager subscription.
- Access to Advanced Monitoring: Gain in-depth visibility into your Cisco MDS 9500 performance metrics and traffic patterns.
- Proactive Issue Detection: Identify and resolve potential network bottlenecks or performance degradations before they impact operations.
- License Compliance: Ensure your Cisco MDS 9500 deployment adheres to licensing requirements, avoiding operational disruptions.
- Optimized Resource Utilization: Understand resource usage to make informed decisions about network capacity and configuration.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 3-year subscription license for Cisco Prime Performance Manager, specifically designed to provide advanced performance monitoring and management capabilities for Cisco MDS 9500 series switches.
It enables IT professionals and network administrators in SMB and mid-market organizations to gain deep insights into network health, optimize resource utilization, and ensure compliance for their critical data center infrastructure.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Provides detailed performance metrics and traffic analysis for your Cisco MDS 9500.
- Performance Optimization: Helps identify and resolve performance issues to maintain application availability.
- License Management: Ensures your Cisco MDS 9500 is properly licensed, avoiding compliance risks.
- Capacity Planning: Offers data to support informed decisions on network upgrades and resource allocation.
- Centralized Management: Integrates performance data into a unified management platform.
This subscription is ideal for businesses seeking to proactively manage their Cisco MDS 9500 performance without the overhead of enterprise-level solutions.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Performance Monitoring
Enable teams to gain deep visibility into the performance metrics and traffic patterns of their Cisco MDS 9500 switches. Streamline the identification of bottlenecks and potential performance degradations before they impact business operations.
data center operations, network infrastructure management, performance analytics, IT operations management
Ensure Licensing Compliance and Entitlements
Automate the tracking of Cisco MDS 9500 licensing status to ensure full compliance with Cisco's terms. Protect against potential service interruptions or audit findings by maintaining up-to-date entitlements for management software.
IT asset management, regulatory compliance, network operations, software license management
Optimize Resource Utilization and Capacity Planning
Streamline the analysis of resource utilization on Cisco MDS 9500 devices to identify areas for optimization. Provide IT professionals with data-driven insights to support informed decisions regarding network capacity planning and future upgrades.
network infrastructure planning, IT budget management, data center optimization, resource management
Key Features
Cisco Prime Performance Manager Software License
Provides the necessary entitlement to deploy and utilize advanced performance monitoring capabilities for Cisco MDS 9500 switches.
3-Year Subscription Term
Ensures continuous access to performance management features and software updates for a defined period, simplifying budgeting and renewal.
Right to Manage Cisco MDS 9500
Grants explicit permission to manage and monitor specific Cisco MDS 9500 hardware, ensuring compliance and proper system integration.
Performance Analytics
Delivers detailed insights into traffic flow, latency, and resource utilization, enabling proactive issue resolution and optimization.
Centralized Monitoring Interface
Consolidates performance data from your MDS 9500 switches into a single pane of glass for easier management and faster troubleshooting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and performance for their trading platforms and transaction processing, making robust network monitoring essential for compliance and operational continuity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and critical medical systems that demand constant uptime and performance, necessitating proactive network management to ensure data integrity and patient care.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and performant networks for real-time control systems and data acquisition, where any network disruption can halt production and lead to significant financial losses.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses depend on network performance for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing services, where downtime can directly impact revenue and customer satisfaction.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Prime Performance Manager?
Cisco Prime Performance Manager is a software solution designed to provide in-depth performance monitoring and analytics for Cisco networking devices, including the MDS 9500 series. It helps IT teams understand network behavior and identify potential issues.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This specific license, UCSS-UPM1MD95H-3-1, is for the Cisco MDS 9500 series of switches. It grants the right to manage and monitor these devices.
What is the benefit of a subscription license?
Subscription licenses offer predictable costs over the term and often include access to the latest software features and support. This 3-year term provides continuity for your network management capabilities.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.