Cisco VPC Core Access Independent Base Bundle Software Subscription
This Cisco software subscription provides essential core access for your VPC platform, ensuring critical functionality and ongoing feature enablement for your network infrastructure.
- Access to Core Features: Entitlement to essential software capabilities for your Cisco VPC platform, enabling critical network functions.
- Subscription Billing: Predictable, recurring billing model for software access, aligning operational expenses with usage.
- Platform Software: Licensing specifically designed for Cisco's Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) platform, ensuring compatibility and performance.
- Compliance and Operation: Maintains software compliance and ensures the continued operation of vital network services.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) software subscription provides the foundational licensing required for core access and independent operation of the platform. It unlocks essential features and ensures your network infrastructure remains compliant and functional.
Designed for businesses that rely on robust network services, this subscription is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals managing their own IT environments. It integrates directly into your existing Cisco VPC deployment, providing necessary software entitlements without the overhead of traditional perpetual licensing.
- Core Functionality: Unlocks the fundamental software features necessary for the VPC platform to operate.
- Subscription Model: Offers a flexible, recurring subscription for software access, simplifying budget management.
- Platform Specific: Tailored licensing for Cisco's VPC, ensuring optimal performance and integration.
- Independent Operation: Enables the platform to function independently, supporting critical business operations.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain software licensing compliance with Cisco's terms and conditions.
This Cisco software subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable access to essential VPC platform capabilities.
What This Enables
Enable Core VPC Platform Functionality
Enable teams to unlock the essential software features required for the Cisco VPC platform to operate. This ensures critical network services can be delivered without interruption.
On-premises network deployments, private cloud environments, core network infrastructure, service provider edge networks, enterprise data centers
Streamline Software Licensing Management
Streamline the management of software entitlements for your Cisco VPC platform through a predictable subscription model. This simplifies budgeting and ensures continuous access to necessary features.
IT departments managing multiple network assets, organizations with fluctuating capacity needs, businesses seeking predictable operational expenses, environments requiring regular software updates
Automate Network Service Delivery
Automate the delivery of core network services by ensuring the underlying Cisco VPC platform is properly licensed and functional. This supports the consistent provision of connectivity and data services.
Businesses with high-availability network requirements, organizations supporting mobile or IoT services, networks requiring granular policy control, environments with complex traffic routing
Key Features
Cisco VPC Core Access
Provides the fundamental software capabilities necessary for your Cisco Virtualized Packet Core platform to function.
Independent Base Bundle
Enables the platform to operate with essential features, supporting standalone functionality.
Software RTU (Right to Use)
Grants the legal entitlement to use the software under the terms of the subscription.
Subscription Billing
Offers a predictable, recurring cost model for software access, aligning expenses with operational needs.
Platform Specific Licensing
Ensures compatibility and optimal performance by providing licensing tailored to the Cisco VPC platform.
Industry Applications
Telecommunications & Utilities
This license is critical for telecommunications providers and utility companies that rely on Cisco's VPC for core network functions, ensuring reliable service delivery and compliance with industry regulations.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often require robust, secure, and compliant network infrastructure. This license ensures their Cisco VPC deployments meet operational and regulatory standards for sensitive data handling.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions and insurance companies demand high availability and security for their networks. This subscription supports the continuous operation of their Cisco VPC platforms, crucial for transaction processing and data integrity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations increasingly depend on sophisticated networks for automation and control. This license ensures the reliability of their Cisco VPC infrastructure, supporting critical production systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco VPC software subscription?
A Cisco VPC software subscription is a licensing model that grants you the right to use specific software features and capabilities for your Cisco Virtualized Packet Core platform for a defined period. It is billed on a recurring basis.
What does 'Core Access' mean in this license?
Core Access refers to the essential, foundational software features and functionalities that are required for the Cisco VPC platform to operate and deliver its primary services.
How does this subscription ensure compliance?
By purchasing and maintaining an active subscription, you ensure that your use of the Cisco VPC software aligns with Cisco's licensing terms, helping you avoid compliance issues and potential penalties.
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.