Cisco ASR9K Smart License 10G Incremental Upgrade IP/MPLS B to IP/MPLS P
Enhance your Cisco ASR9K routing capabilities with a 10G incremental license upgrade, enabling advanced IP/MPLS features for your business network.
- License Activation: Enables the upgrade from IP/MPLS Base to IP/MPLS Premium features on your ASR9K platform.
- Capacity Increase: Unlocks an additional 10Gbps of throughput capacity for critical network services.
- Subscription Term: This license operates on a subscription basis, ensuring continuous access to features and updates.
- Platform Specific: Designed for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers, ensuring seamless integration.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Smart License provides an incremental upgrade for your ASR 9000 Series router, transitioning your IP/MPLS Base license to the IP/MPLS Premium tier with an added 10Gbps capacity. It is a subscription-based software license designed to unlock advanced routing and traffic engineering capabilities essential for modern networks.
IT Managers and Network Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to enhance their core routing infrastructure. It fits within existing Cisco ASR 9K deployments, ensuring that critical network services remain performant and feature-rich without requiring a full hardware replacement.
- Feature Unlock: Grants access to advanced IP/MPLS Premium features beyond the Base license.
- Capacity Enhancement: Increases routing throughput by 10Gbps.
- Subscription Model: Provides flexible, ongoing access to licensed features and software updates.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures your network operates with the necessary software entitlements.
- Scalability: Allows for gradual scaling of network capabilities as business demands grow.
This Cisco license upgrade is ideal for growing businesses needing to expand their routing capacity and feature set cost-effectively.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced IP/MPLS Routing Features
Enable teams to deploy advanced traffic engineering and routing policies required for complex network services. Streamline the management of premium routing functionalities for enhanced network control and efficiency.
core routing infrastructure, service provider edge, large-scale enterprise networks, high-performance data centers
Increase Network Throughput Capacity
Streamline network operations by increasing forwarding capacity by 10Gbps, supporting higher traffic volumes and more demanding applications. Automate the scaling of network resources to meet evolving business demands without hardware changes.
growing traffic demands, bandwidth-intensive applications, network performance optimization, business continuity planning
Ensure Software Compliance and Support
Automate license compliance by upgrading to the Premium tier, ensuring all advanced features are properly licensed and supported. Protect against service disruptions by maintaining an up-to-date and compliant software entitlement.
regulatory compliance, IT asset management, risk mitigation, operational stability
Key Features
IP/MPLS Base to Premium Upgrade
Unlocks advanced routing and traffic management features essential for sophisticated network services.
10Gbps Incremental Capacity
Provides increased throughput to handle growing traffic demands and support more bandwidth-intensive applications.
Smart License Subscription
Offers flexible, ongoing access to licensed features and software updates, simplifying license management.
ASR 9000 Series Platform Specific
Ensures seamless integration and optimal performance with your existing Cisco ASR 9K routing hardware.
Software Entitlement
Guarantees compliance with Cisco licensing requirements, avoiding potential operational disruptions or audit issues.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly reliable and performant networks to handle high-volume transactions and sensitive data, making advanced IP/MPLS features critical for security and speed.
Telecommunications & Utilities
Service providers and utility companies depend on robust routing capabilities to manage complex network infrastructures, deliver services, and ensure uptime for critical operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, high-bandwidth networks to support critical applications like telemedicine and large data transfers, requiring advanced routing features for performance and reliability.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations increasingly rely on connected systems for automation and monitoring, necessitating stable and high-capacity networks to support real-time data flow and control.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Smart License?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible license management solution that simplifies how you purchase, deploy, and manage software across your organization. It allows for easier tracking and management of your Cisco software assets.
What is the difference between IP/MPLS Base and Premium?
The IP/MPLS Base license provides fundamental routing capabilities, while the IP/MPLS Premium license unlocks advanced features such as enhanced traffic engineering, quality of service (QoS) policies, and more sophisticated routing protocols.
How is this license billed?
This license is billed on a subscription basis, providing continuous access to the licensed features for the duration of 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.