Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle, 3-Year Subscription for 500+ Access Devices
The Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle provides essential network management capabilities for organizations with 500 or more access devices, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency over a 3-year term.
- License Term: 3-year subscription providing continuous access to software features and updates.
- Device Coverage: Supports 500 or more access devices, ideal for growing mid-market and enterprise networks.
- Feature Access: Unlocks standard Software-Defined Networking capabilities for enhanced network control and visibility.
- Compliance & Operation: Ensures your network infrastructure remains compliant and operational with up-to-date software.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle is a 3-year subscription license designed to enable Software-Defined Networking capabilities for networks managing 500 or more access devices. It provides the necessary software entitlements to deploy and manage advanced network functions, ensuring your infrastructure is optimized for performance and security.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise environments utilize this license to gain granular control over their network traffic, automate policy enforcement, and improve overall network visibility. It integrates into existing Cisco network architectures, supporting the operational needs of businesses that rely heavily on their IT infrastructure.
- SDN Enablement: Activates core Software-Defined Networking features for centralized management and policy automation.
- Scalable Capacity: Licensed for 500 or more access devices, accommodating significant network growth.
- Subscription Term: A 3-year subscription ensures continuous access to software updates and support.
- Network Visibility: Enhances insight into network traffic patterns and device status.
- Policy Automation: Streamlines the deployment and management of network policies across the infrastructure.
This Cisco SDN bundle is the right choice for mid-market and enterprise teams seeking to modernize their network management with predictable subscription costs and essential SDN features.
What This Enables
Enable Centralized Network Policy Management
Enable teams to define and enforce network-wide policies from a single console, ensuring consistency and reducing manual configuration errors. Streamline the deployment of security and access controls across all connected devices.
large office deployments, multi-site organizations, campus networks, data center networks
Enhance Network Visibility and Analytics
Streamline the monitoring of network traffic and device performance, providing actionable insights into network health and user activity. Automate the collection of telemetry data for proactive troubleshooting and capacity planning.
performance-critical operations, security-focused environments, IT operations centers, compliance-driven businesses
Automate Network Device Provisioning
Enable faster and more reliable deployment of new network devices by automating configuration tasks. Reduce the time IT staff spend on repetitive provisioning activities, allowing them to focus on strategic initiatives.
rapid growth environments, standardized IT deployments, large-scale network rollouts, managed service environments
Key Features
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities
Gain centralized control and automation for your network infrastructure, simplifying management and improving agility.
Subscription licensing model
Benefit from predictable operational expenses and continuous access to software updates and new features over the 3-year term.
Support for 500+ access devices
Scale your network management capabilities to accommodate a large number of endpoints and users, supporting business growth.
Enhanced network visibility
Improve understanding of network traffic, performance, and security posture through advanced monitoring and analytics.
Policy automation
Reduce manual configuration effort and ensure consistent application of security and access policies across your network.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often require highly reliable and secure networks to support operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, benefiting from SDN's centralized control and visibility for managing numerous access points in complex facilities.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, requiring secure and auditable network access controls and consistent policy enforcement, which SDN solutions facilitate.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, dynamic user populations and diverse device types, benefiting from SDN's ability to automate network provisioning, enforce policies, and provide granular visibility across campus networks.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses deploy extensive networks to support point-of-sale systems, guest Wi-Fi, and inventory management, requiring scalable and easily manageable solutions to ensure consistent performance and security across many locations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco WAE?
Cisco WAE stands for Cisco Wireless Assurance and Analytics Engine. It is a platform that provides visibility, assurance, and analytics for enterprise wireless networks, often integrated with SDN capabilities.
What does 'SDN Bundle' mean?
An SDN Bundle typically refers to a package of software licenses and features that enable Software-Defined Networking capabilities, allowing for centralized control and automation of network infrastructure.
What is the duration of this subscription?
This is a 3-year subscription license, providing continuous access to the software features and updates for the specified 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.