Cisco SolutionsPlus Platform License
Cisco SolutionsPlus platform licensing provides essential entitlements for managing up to 1000 network devices and bare-metal servers, ensuring operational continuity and feature access.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco's advanced platform capabilities.
- Coverage Scope: Entitles management and operation of up to 1000 network devices and bare-metal servers.
- Value: Ensures compliance, unlocks full feature sets, and supports ongoing network operations.
- Billing Model: Annual subscription ensures predictable budgeting and continuous access to support and updates.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco SolutionsPlus platform license provides the necessary entitlements to operate and manage a significant number of network devices and bare-metal servers within your IT infrastructure. It unlocks advanced features and ensures your environment meets compliance standards.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates into your existing network architecture, providing a unified platform for device management and operational oversight.
- Platform Access: Grants rights to utilize Cisco's management and operational software.
- Device Capacity: Supports up to 1000 network devices and bare-metal servers.
- Feature Unlock: Enables advanced functionalities for network control and server management.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory and internal policy adherence.
- Subscription Model: Provides continuous access to software updates and support.
This Cisco SolutionsPlus license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing to scale their network and server management capabilities efficiently.
What This Enables
Enable Unified Network and Server Management
Enable teams to gain centralized visibility and control over a diverse set of network devices and bare-metal servers. Streamline device provisioning, configuration, and monitoring from a single platform.
organizations with distributed network infrastructure, businesses managing hybrid server environments, IT departments standardizing on Cisco hardware, teams requiring consolidated operational views.
Ensure Software Compliance and Feature Access
Automate the process of maintaining software compliance across your network and server fleet. Protect against operational disruptions by ensuring access to the latest features and security updates.
businesses with strict regulatory requirements, companies undergoing IT audits, organizations seeking to maximize hardware ROI, IT teams focused on proactive risk mitigation.
Scale IT Operations Efficiently
Streamline the onboarding and management of new network devices and servers as your business grows. Reduce the administrative burden associated with managing a large and expanding IT footprint.
rapidly growing SMBs, mid-market companies expanding their physical infrastructure, businesses deploying new branch offices, organizations standardizing IT deployment processes.
Key Features
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support for your network and server management platform.
1000 Device Capacity
Supports a substantial number of network devices and bare-metal servers, allowing for growth and consolidation within your IT infrastructure.
Platform Features
Unlocks advanced functionalities for enhanced control, monitoring, and management of your IT assets.
Compliance Assurance
Helps maintain adherence to industry regulations and internal IT policies by ensuring proper software entitlements.
Centralized Management
Offers a unified interface for overseeing diverse network and server hardware, simplifying IT operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust network security and compliance, making a managed platform for network devices and servers essential for meeting stringent regulatory demands like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating secure and compliant management of all IT infrastructure, including network devices and servers.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on stable and secure networks for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, requiring reliable management of a significant number of devices to ensure production uptime.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, complex networks serving students and staff, requiring scalable and cost-effective solutions for device management and security to support diverse research and learning needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco SolutionsPlus?
Cisco SolutionsPlus is a program that offers integrated hardware, software, and services bundles. This specific offering is a platform license for managing network devices and bare-metal servers.
What does 'bare-metal server' mean in this context?
Bare-metal server refers to a physical server that is dedicated to a single tenant, meaning you install your own operating system and software directly onto the hardware. This license allows for the management of such physical servers.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This license is provided on a subscription basis, meaning you pay a recurring fee for access to the software and its features for a defined 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.