Cisco C6000/C6800 DNA Advantage 7-Year Term License | Enterprise Licensing — C6500-DNA-A-7Y

Keep critical campus and distribution infrastructure aligned to a longer planning cycle with Cisco DNA Advantage 7-year term licensing for C6000/C6800 platforms. This license model is built for organizations that want to reduce renewal churn, simplify procurement, and preserve access to the advanced capabilities associated with DNA Advantage over an extended term. For enterprise teams, the value is operational continuity. A longer license term helps stabilize lifecycle planning, reduce administrative overhead, and support multi-year refresh strategies without frequent commercial interruptions. It is a practical fit for environments where network standardization, policy consistency, and centralized operations matter more than short-term licensing flexibility. This offering is especially relevant when the switch platform is expected to remain in service for years and the organization wants to keep software entitlement aligned with infrastructure depreciation and budget cycles. Compared with shorter-term alternatives, a 7-year term can reduce the friction of repeated renewals and help procurement teams lock in a longer coverage window for the installed base. Use it when the goal is to keep Cisco DNA Advantage capabilities available across the term of ownerJTFp, while maintaining a cleaner path for planning, support alignment, and commercial predictability. Ideal For Standardizing licensing across a campus switching refresh Reducing renewal workload for multi-year infrastructure programs Aligning software coverage with a 7-year capital plan Maintaining entitlement continuity on deployed Cisco C6000/C6800 switches Why This Product 1 Longer 7-year coverage than annual renewals 2 Built for Cisco C6000/C6800 platforms 3 Supports advanced DNA Advantage entitlement 4 Reduces recurring procurement overhead