All stock codes associated to this product
C1DCLN93K9, C1-DCL-N93-K9
Overview
Information About Cisco DCNM Software Licenses
Cisco Data Center Network Manager is Cisco's Domain
manager for NX-OS capable platforms that helps troubleshoot paths, manage
network resources and simplify provisioning of NX-OS based features across
multiple SAN and LAN protocols. Cisco DCNM is enterprise level tool that is
deployed at some of the Cisco's largest accounts around the globe monitoring and
configuring mission critical data centers that include financial institutions,
cloud service providers, governments and some of the top Fortune 500
companies.
The license costs for Cisco Data Center Network
Manager are determined by the switch platform type and by the number of units
within each platform. The advanced feature licenses are available for the
following switch platforms: Cisco Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 3000, MDS 9100,
MDS 9200, and MDS 9500 Series switches. Each platform has an individual price
that is based on whether it is a LAN versus SAN switch and modular versus a
fixed chassis. The advanced features for Cisco Nexus 1000V and Cisco Nexus 4000
Series switches are part of the image at no cost. In addition, Cisco DCNM has a
many features that are enabled for free as part of the image. These features
that are free are referred to as essential features. The features are split
between SAN and LAN platforms (hardware support and Cisco NX-OS features) and
application-specific features such as VMware path analytics [vCenter
integration], performance trending, event forwarding, and so on. For the list of
licenses,Cisco DCNM Server-Based Licenses.
owever, the biggest value of Cisco DCNM is its
license structure. If you have purchased the Cisco DCNM advanced feature license
for any Cisco Nexus or MDS switches, that license stays valid for the lifetime
of the platform at Cisco. For example, if you replace an older switch with a new
generation switch of the same platform (that is, MDS 9506 with MDS 9513) the
license can be reassigned. Cisco DCNM advanced licenses are also available as
part of Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 5000 software promotional
bundles.
Cisco DCNM also supports older Fabric Manager (FM)
licenses (SAN only) that have been installed on the switch. These licenses
provide high availability (HA) with up to ten management servers that manage a
single fabric in parallel. However, Fabric Manager licenses are only valid for
the lifetime of the switch inside the data center and expire when the switch is
decommissioned from the data center. You can still order FM licenses as spares
if you prefer the HA capability.
Services contract SKUs (CON-SAU) are required for
Cisco TAC support for upgrades from one version of Cisco DCNM to another. The
upgrade path also includes the Fabric Manager to DCNM upgrade (from FMS 5.0 to
DCNM 5.2).
If you would like to evaluate Cisco DCNM in
your own environment, Cisco makes the advanced licenses available for 60 days
which can be extended by another 60 days if required (EVAL/DEMO site). This demo
license is limited to 20 units per platform. To see how Cisco DCNM can enable
network and storage teams to use the essential and advanced features, see this
video at https://www.cisco.com/go/dcnm.
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Feature |
DCNM Advanced
Edition (Licensed) |
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FC/FCoE/FICON/iSCSI
Topoplgy View |
Yes |
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Fabric,
Device, and Summary Views |
Yes |
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Port,
Switch, and fabric-level configuration |
Yes |
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Event
and security management |
Yes |
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Configuration
analysis tools |
Yes |
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Network
diagnostic and troubleshooting tools |
Yes |
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Real-time
performance monitoring |
Yes |
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One
command multi-switch CLI access |
Yes |
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Device
Manager |
Yes |
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Template
based provisioning |
Yes |
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Gold
Diagnostics |
Yes |
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Heterogeneous
storage array discovery |
Yes |
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Scale-out
federation architecture |
Yes |
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SAN
Host Path Redundancy Analysis |
Yes |
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Automatic
fabric failover |
Yes |
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VMware
vCenter Plug-in |
Yes |
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Multiple
fabric management |
Yes |
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Centralized
management server with discovery |
Yes |
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Continuous
health and event monitoring |
Yes |
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Historical
performance monitoring and reporting |
Yes |
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Event
forwarding |
Yes |
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DCNM
proxy services |
Yes |
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Configuration
backup, archive, and compare |
Yes |
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Roaming
user profiles |
Yes |
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VMpath
analytics |
Yes |
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Domain
Dashboards |
Yes |
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Capacity
Manager |
Yes |
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Event
Snooze |
Yes |
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Yes |
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