Cisco Shared MP Starter Kit
The Cisco Shared MP Starter Kit provides essential platform licensing for network management, enabling critical features and ensuring operational continuity for your business.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco's network management platform.
- Key Features: Unlocks core functionalities for network monitoring, configuration, and management.
- Value Proposition: Ensures compliance, provides access to essential features, and supports continued network operation.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco's network infrastructure management platforms.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Shared MP Starter Kit is a platform software license delivered via a subscription model. It provides the foundational licensing required to activate and utilize core features of Cisco's network management and orchestration solutions, including Conductor and Telemetry and Monitoring (TM) capabilities.
This license is intended for businesses that own and operate their IT infrastructure, such as IT Managers or IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies. It integrates into their existing Cisco network environment to enhance visibility, control, and operational efficiency without requiring enterprise-level overhead.
- Core Network Management: Enables essential functions for monitoring network health and performance.
- Configuration Control: Provides capabilities to manage device configurations and policies.
- Subscription Licensing: Offers flexible, recurring access to software features and updates.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain adherence to software licensing requirements.
- Operational Continuity: Supports the ongoing, reliable operation of your network infrastructure.
This starter kit is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking essential Cisco network management capabilities through a cost-effective subscription.
What This Enables
Enable Core Network Monitoring and Visibility
Enable teams to gain essential visibility into network performance and health. Streamline the identification and troubleshooting of network issues to minimize downtime.
organizations with on-premises network infrastructure, businesses managing multi-vendor network devices, teams requiring centralized network oversight, companies with dedicated IT departments.
Streamline Network Configuration Management
Streamline the process of configuring and managing network devices across the infrastructure. Automate routine configuration tasks to reduce manual errors and improve consistency.
businesses with distributed network locations, teams responsible for network policy enforcement, organizations standardizing network device configurations, companies undergoing network upgrades.
Ensure Software Licensing Compliance
Automate the tracking and management of software licenses to ensure ongoing compliance with vendor requirements. Prevent potential penalties or service disruptions due to licensing lapses.
companies with significant Cisco network investments, organizations subject to IT audits, businesses seeking predictable software cost management, IT departments managing diverse software assets.
Key Features
Subscription-based licensing
Provides flexible, recurring access to essential network management software features and updates, aligning costs with ongoing operational needs.
Includes Conductor and TM capabilities
Unlocks core functionalities for network orchestration and telemetry, enabling better visibility and control over your Cisco network environment.
Platform software entitlement
Ensures you have the necessary licenses to operate and manage your Cisco network infrastructure compliantly and effectively.
Starter Kit bundle
Offers a foundational set of features designed to meet the essential needs of SMB and mid-market organizations, simplifying initial deployment.
Vendor support access
Facilitates access to Cisco's support resources for troubleshooting and technical assistance, ensuring operational continuity.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network management and strict compliance to protect sensitive data and ensure service availability, making Cisco's advanced features essential for their operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain high network uptime and adhere to stringent data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating reliable network management and security features.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and secure networks for operational technology (OT) and IT integration, demanding efficient management tools to prevent disruptions.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks with diverse user needs, requiring scalable and manageable solutions to ensure consistent access and performance for students and staff.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco Shared MP Starter Kit?
The Cisco Shared MP Starter Kit is a subscription-based software license that provides essential capabilities for managing and orchestrating your Cisco network infrastructure, including features for monitoring and configuration.
Who is the target audience for this license?
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies that own and operate their own IT infrastructure and use Cisco networking equipment.
What does 'subscription billing' mean for this license?
Subscription billing means you pay a recurring fee, typically annually or monthly, for the right to use the software and access its features and updates for a defined term, rather than a perpetual one-time purchase.
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.