Extreme Networks MACsec License for 7000 Series Switches
Enhance network security and data integrity with the Extreme Networks MACsec License, providing encrypted communication for your 7000 Series Switches.
- Enhanced Security: Enable MACsec encryption to protect sensitive data in transit across your network.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements for data privacy and secure communication.
- Feature Unlock: Activate advanced security capabilities on your Extreme Networks 7000 Series switches.
- Subscription Value: Benefit from ongoing access to security features and updates through a flexible subscription model.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription license that enables MACsec (Media Access Control Security) on Extreme Networks 7000 Series switches. MACsec provides Layer 2 network data confidentiality, integrity, and origin authentication, ensuring that traffic between directly connected switches is protected from eavesdropping and tampering.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for securing their network infrastructure. It is essential for businesses that handle sensitive data and need to ensure secure communication channels within their data centers or campus networks.
- MACsec Encryption: Activates IEEE 802.1AE MACsec for secure point-to-point Layer 2 connectivity.
- Data Integrity: Ensures that data packets have not been altered in transit.
- Confidentiality: Prevents unauthorized parties from viewing network traffic.
- Origin Authentication: Verifies the source of network traffic.
- Subscription Term: Provides access to MACsec functionality for the duration of the subscription period.
Secure your critical business data with this essential MACsec license, offering enterprise-grade encryption without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Data Transmission
Enable teams to protect sensitive data flowing between network devices. Streamline the implementation of Layer 2 encryption to prevent unauthorized access and ensure data integrity.
On-premises data centers, campus network backbones, inter-switch links, secure network segmentation
Meet Regulatory Compliance
Automate compliance with data privacy regulations that mandate secure data transmission. Support regulatory requirements by ensuring data confidentiality and integrity across network segments.
Financial services networks, healthcare data links, legal firm communications, government agency data flows
Protect Against Eavesdropping
Protect against unauthorized network sniffing and traffic interception. Ensure that sensitive information remains confidential even if physical network access is compromised.
High-security environments, sensitive data handling, internal network security posture, threat mitigation
Key Features
MACsec Encryption (IEEE 802.1AE)
Protects data in transit between switches, ensuring confidentiality and integrity.
Layer 2 Security
Secures network traffic at the data link layer, preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, ongoing access to security features with predictable billing.
7000 Series Switch Compatibility
Directly integrates with your existing Extreme Networks 7000 Series hardware.
Data Integrity Checks
Ensures that transmitted data has not been altered, maintaining the trustworthiness of information.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions handle highly sensitive customer data and are subject to strict regulations like PCI DSS, requiring robust encryption for data in transit.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must comply with HIPAA regulations, which mandate the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) during transmission.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information and require secure communication channels to maintain client privilege and trust.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often handle classified or sensitive citizen data and must adhere to stringent security standards and compliance frameworks for data protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is MACsec?
MACsec, or Media Access Control Security, is an IEEE 802.1AE standard that provides security services for Ethernet traffic. It ensures data confidentiality, integrity, and origin authentication at Layer 2.
What does this license enable on my 7000 Series switches?
This license enables the MACsec functionality on your Extreme Networks 7000 Series switches, allowing you to encrypt traffic between directly connected switches.
Is this a perpetual or subscription license?
This is a subscription-based license, providing access to MACsec features for the duration of the subscription 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.