Cisco VPC Enterprise Bearer Plane +10K Session License, 1 Year Subscription
Secure your network's core operations with the Cisco VPC Enterprise Bearer Plane license, enabling over 10,000 sessions for a full year.
- License Term: Annual subscription providing access to advanced network control features.
- Capacity: Supports over 10,000 concurrent sessions, ideal for growing businesses.
- Platform: Essential for Cisco Nexus Virtual Port Channel (VPC) deployments.
- Value: Ensures network stability, compliance, and uninterrupted service delivery.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 1-year subscription license for Cisco's Virtual Port Channel (VPC) Enterprise Bearer Plane, designed to support over 10,000 sessions. It unlocks critical functionalities for managing and optimizing network traffic flow within your data center or campus environment, ensuring high availability and efficient data transmission.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market to enterprise organizations utilize this license to maintain compliant, high-performance network infrastructure. It is integral for environments that rely on Cisco Nexus switches for their core networking fabric, providing the necessary software entitlements for advanced features and capacity.
- Enhanced Network Control: Enables advanced features for managing traffic across redundant links.
- Scalability: Supports a high volume of sessions, accommodating significant network growth.
- High Availability: Crucial for maintaining uptime and preventing network disruptions.
- Compliance: Ensures adherence to Cisco's licensing requirements for VPC functionality.
- Operational Efficiency: Simplifies network management and troubleshooting for complex environments.
This Cisco license provides essential capabilities for mid-market organizations seeking enterprise-grade network performance and reliability without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Network Traffic Management
Enable teams to manage and optimize traffic flow across redundant links using Cisco's Virtual Port Channel technology. Streamline network operations and ensure high availability for critical applications.
data center networks, campus core, high-availability deployments, redundant link configurations
Scale Network Session Capacity
Automate the scaling of network session capacity to accommodate over 10,000 concurrent connections. Support business growth and increased user demand without compromising network performance.
growing businesses, high-traffic environments, expanding user bases, network infrastructure upgrades
Maintain Network Compliance and Support
Ensure your Cisco VPC deployment is fully licensed and compliant with vendor requirements. Maintain entitlement to software updates and support for uninterrupted operation.
IT asset management, regulatory adherence, vendor software audits, ongoing network operations
Key Features
VPC Enterprise Bearer Plane Functionality
Unlocks advanced control plane features essential for managing traffic across redundant links, ensuring high availability.
Support for 10,000+ Sessions
Provides the capacity needed to handle significant network traffic and user demand, supporting business growth.
1-Year Subscription Term
Offers predictable budgeting and access to features for a defined period, with options for renewal.
Cisco Nexus Platform Compatibility
Integrates directly with Cisco Nexus switches, ensuring seamless deployment within existing Cisco environments.
Licensing Compliance
Ensures your network infrastructure adheres to Cisco's licensing policies, avoiding potential operational disruptions or audit issues.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and compliant network infrastructure to support trading platforms and sensitive data transactions, where VPC is critical for uptime.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on uninterrupted network access for patient care systems and data management, making network resilience and compliance paramount.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations rely on stable network connectivity for automation and control systems; VPC ensures the high availability needed to prevent costly production downtime.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions manage large, dynamic networks with significant data transfer needs, benefiting from the scalability and redundancy provided by VPC.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco VPC?
Cisco Virtual Port Channel (VPC) allows two Nexus switches to present a single logical switch to the network. This provides link-level and device-level redundancy, enhancing network availability and simplifying configuration.
What does the 'Bearer Plane' refer to?
In networking, the bearer plane typically refers to the data path or the actual transmission of user data. This license enables specific functionalities related to how data is handled and controlled within the VPC configuration.
Is this a perpetual license?
No, this is a 1-year subscription license. It provides access to the specified features and capacity for the duration of the subscription term, requiring renewal for continued use.
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.