Cisco User Plane Function (UPF) Platform License, 1K Sessions
This Cisco User Plane Function (UPF) platform license enables 1,000 concurrent sessions, providing essential network control and data routing for your business.
- Enables Core Functionality: Unlocks the User Plane Function capabilities within Cisco's 5G platform, essential for data traffic management.
- Capacity for 1K Sessions: Provides licensing for up to 1,000 concurrent user sessions, suitable for growing SMB and mid-market deployments.
- Subscription-Based: Operates on a subscription model, offering predictable costs and access to ongoing updates and support.
- Platform Integration: Designed to integrate with Cisco's broader network infrastructure, ensuring compatibility and unified management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license for Cisco's User Plane Function (UPF), a critical component for 5G network architecture. It specifically enables the UPF to manage and route user data traffic, supporting up to 1,000 concurrent sessions.
This license is designed for businesses that operate their own IT infrastructure and require granular control over their network's data plane. It fits into environments needing to manage mobile or IoT data traffic, ensuring compliance and efficient data flow.
- User Plane Functionality: Activates the core capabilities of the UPF for data packet inspection, forwarding, and policy enforcement.
- Session Capacity: Licenses the platform to handle up to 1,000 simultaneous user sessions.
- Subscription Term: Provided as a subscription, ensuring continuous access and updates.
- Network Control: Empowers IT teams to manage and optimize data traffic flow within their private 5G or enterprise network.
- Compliance and Performance: Supports adherence to network standards and maintains optimal data throughput.
This Cisco UPF license provides essential network control for SMB and mid-market organizations managing their own data traffic.
What This Enables
Enable 5G Core Network Data Routing
Enable teams to manage and route user data traffic within their private 5G or enterprise network. Streamline data flow and policy enforcement for critical business applications.
private 5G deployment, enterprise network infrastructure, IoT data management, mobile edge computing
Control User Data Plane Traffic
Streamline the control of user data plane traffic, ensuring efficient packet forwarding and policy application. Automate data routing decisions based on network requirements.
network operations center, data center networking, edge computing deployments, private network management
Support 1,000 Concurrent Sessions
Automate the management of up to 1,000 concurrent user sessions, providing necessary capacity for growing operations. Ensure reliable data connectivity for your user base.
mid-market business operations, growing SMB networks, branch office connectivity, distributed workforce support
Key Features
User Plane Functionality
Provides essential data traffic management and routing capabilities for your network.
1,000 Session Capacity
Supports a significant number of concurrent user sessions, suitable for growing businesses.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and support.
Cisco Platform Integration
Ensures compatibility and unified management within a Cisco-centric network environment.
Network Control
Empowers IT professionals to directly manage and optimize data flow.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Enables private 5G networks for factory automation, IoT device management, and real-time data processing critical for industrial operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Supports secure and reliable data transmission for medical IoT devices, remote patient monitoring, and critical healthcare applications requiring high availability.
Finance & Insurance
Facilitates secure and efficient data handling for trading platforms, customer transactions, and internal communication systems within financial institutions.
Education & Research
Provides network control for campus-wide IoT deployments, research data transfer, and secure connectivity for educational institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the User Plane Function (UPF)?
The User Plane Function (UPF) is a key component in 5G core network architecture responsible for handling user data traffic. It manages packet routing, forwarding, and policy enforcement for data sessions.
What does '1K Sessions SIA' mean?
'1K Sessions' refers to the license capacity for 1,000 concurrent user sessions. 'SIA' typically denotes a subscription-based license term.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for specific Cisco platforms that support the User Plane Function. Compatibility details are typically found in Cisco's product documentation for the relevant hardware.
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.