Cisco WAN Routing and SD-WAN DNA Advantage License
This Cisco DNA Advantage license provides essential routing and SD-WAN capabilities for your on-premises network infrastructure, ensuring optimal connectivity and performance.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced WAN features.
- Coverage Scope: Enables advanced routing and SD-WAN functionalities for your network.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for Cisco enterprise networking hardware.
- Key Value: Ensures compliance and access to critical network management features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DNA Advantage license is a subscription entitlement for advanced WAN routing and SD-WAN capabilities on your on-premises network. It unlocks sophisticated features for managing and optimizing your wide area network, ensuring reliable and efficient data flow across your business locations.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates with your existing Cisco hardware. It supports businesses that rely on stable, high-performance network connectivity for daily operations, such as distributed offices, remote sites, or critical data centers.
- Advanced Routing: Access to sophisticated routing protocols and policies.
- SD-WAN Functionality: Enables software-defined wide area networking for dynamic path control.
- Network Visibility: Enhanced monitoring and analytics for better network insights.
- Security Features: Integrates security policies directly into the WAN fabric.
- Subscription Model: Predictable costs and continuous access to feature updates.
Empower your business with enterprise-grade WAN management without the enterprise overhead, ensuring your network supports your operational goals.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced WAN Routing Policies
Enable teams to implement sophisticated routing policies that prioritize critical business traffic. Streamline network management by centralizing policy control for diverse network segments.
organizations with multiple branch offices, businesses with hybrid cloud deployments, companies requiring granular traffic control
Deploy Software-Defined WAN
Streamline the deployment of SD-WAN to dynamically manage traffic paths and improve application performance. Automate network provisioning and configuration across distributed locations.
businesses expanding their geographic footprint, companies seeking to reduce MPLS costs, teams managing remote workforce connectivity
Enhance Network Security Posture
Enable integrated security features within the WAN fabric to protect against threats. Automate the enforcement of security policies across the entire network edge.
organizations handling sensitive data, businesses with strict compliance requirements, companies with a distributed workforce
Key Features
Cisco DNA Advantage Tier 0
Unlocks essential routing and SD-WAN features for on-premises network management.
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and new features.
On-Premises Deployment
Allows for direct control and management of network infrastructure within your own data center or facilities.
Routing and SD-WAN Capabilities
Enhances network performance, reliability, and agility for business-critical applications.
Enterprise Agreement (EA) Advantage
Offers specific benefits and licensing terms for larger deployments or strategic partnerships.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly secure, reliable, and compliant network connectivity to handle sensitive data and ensure uninterrupted trading and customer service operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need robust and secure networks to manage patient data, support critical medical devices, and ensure compliance with regulations like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on stable and high-performance networks for operational technology (OT) and IT integration, supporting real-time data processing and supply chain management.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses need efficient network solutions to manage point-of-sale systems, inventory, customer Wi-Fi, and distributed locations, ensuring smooth customer experiences.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco DNA Advantage?
Cisco DNA Advantage is a subscription license that provides advanced features for network management, including routing and SD-WAN capabilities. It is designed to enhance the performance, security, and automation of your enterprise network.
What does 'Tier 0 On-Prem' mean?
Tier 0 typically refers to a foundational level of licensing that enables core functionalities. 'On-Prem' signifies that the license is for deploying and managing network infrastructure within your own physical locations, rather than in the cloud.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license operates on a subscription billing model, meaning you pay recurring fees for access to the software and its features over 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.