Cisco Smart Net Total Care Advanced SW Upgrade - Physical Device/Server 1000 Pack
This Cisco Smart Net Total Care Advanced Software Upgrade license provides essential support and access to software updates for 1000 physical network devices or servers, ensuring your infrastructure remains operational and secure.
- Continuous Operation: Ensures your Cisco hardware and software function as intended with access to critical updates and patches.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory and internal policy requirements by maintaining support on your network infrastructure.
- Technical Expertise: Provides access to Cisco's expert technical support for timely issue resolution and guidance.
- Feature Enhancements: Entitlement to software upgrades and new features, keeping your network capabilities current.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Smart Net Total Care Advanced Software Upgrade (SASU) license is designed for businesses requiring support for a pack of 1000 physical network devices or servers. It unlocks access to essential software updates, critical bug fixes, and technical support from Cisco, ensuring the continued optimal performance and security of your network infrastructure.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this licensing solution integrates directly with your existing Cisco hardware. It provides a structured way to manage support contracts, maintain compliance, and ensure that your network devices and servers are running the latest stable software versions.
- Software Upgrades: Access to the latest software releases and feature enhancements for supported devices.
- Technical Support: Entitlement to Cisco's expert technical assistance for troubleshooting and issue resolution.
- Hardware Support: Covers hardware replacement services for covered devices, minimizing downtime.
- Security Patches: Timely delivery of security vulnerability patches to protect your network.
- License Management: Simplifies the management of support contracts for a large number of devices.
Maintain peak performance and security for your Cisco infrastructure with this essential support and upgrade license, tailored for businesses seeking enterprise-grade IT without the overhead.
What This Enables
Ensure Continuous Network Operation
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted network services by providing access to critical software updates and bug fixes. Streamline issue resolution with direct access to Cisco's expert technical support for timely problem-solving.
organizations with critical uptime requirements, businesses running essential network services, teams managing complex network topologies, environments with high user dependency on network access
Maintain Software Compliance and Security
Automate the process of staying current with security patches and software versions, reducing vulnerability exposure. Ensure adherence to internal IT policies and external regulatory requirements by maintaining supported software levels.
businesses in regulated industries, organizations with strict security mandates, companies managing sensitive data, environments requiring audit trails for software versions
Access Advanced Technical Expertise
Provide IT staff with direct access to Cisco's specialized knowledge base and engineers for complex troubleshooting. Streamline the deployment of new features and configurations with expert guidance available through the support contract.
teams with limited in-house Cisco expertise, organizations deploying new network technologies, businesses needing to optimize network performance, IT departments managing diverse Cisco hardware
Key Features
Cisco Smart Net Total Care Advanced Software Upgrade
Provides access to software updates, patches, and technical support for your Cisco physical network devices and servers, ensuring optimal performance and security.
1000 Pack Licensing
Simplifies the management and procurement of support for a large quantity of devices, offering a cost-effective solution for scaling organizations.
Subscription Billing
Offers predictable IT expenses with a recurring subscription model, allowing for better budget management and financial planning.
Access to Cisco TAC
Entitles your IT team to direct access to Cisco's Technical Assistance Center for expert troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Software Updates and Bug Fixes
Ensures your devices run on the latest stable software versions, enhancing stability, security, and functionality.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust security for their network infrastructure to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous trading operations, making Cisco support critical.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers rely on secure and always-on networks for patient care systems and data management, necessitating timely software updates and expert support to meet strict compliance and operational demands.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments depend on stable network connectivity for operational technology (OT) and IT systems, where downtime can halt production, making proactive support and software maintenance essential.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must maintain secure and reliable IT infrastructure to deliver public services, often adhering to stringent security standards and requiring validated support for their network devices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Smart Net Total Care Advanced Software Upgrade (SASU)?
SASU is a Cisco licensing program that provides access to software updates, bug fixes, and technical support for your Cisco hardware. This specific pack covers 1000 physical network devices or servers.
What type of devices does this license apply to?
This license is for physical network devices and servers from Cisco. The MPN suggests it is for general physical hardware requiring software support and upgrades.
How is this license billed?
This license is billed on a subscription basis, meaning you pay a recurring fee for the duration of the contract 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.