Cisco CIS-ESK-4 Starter Kit — 4 Prod Cores, 1 Dev Core | Core License, Starter — CIS-ESK-4

Establish predictable capacity and Dev/Prod parity with a starter kit that grants four production cores and one development core entitlement. This SKU is intended for organizations that want to start small but enforce consistent licensing across their lifecycle environments. The per-core entitlements support controlled rollouts, lab testing and compatibility checks before expanding production capacity. By separating production and development cores, teams can run pre-release testing on a dedicated dev core while keeping production performance and compliance uncompromised. This approach reduces the operational risk of feature regressions and shortens validation cycles, because development testing happens under the same licensing model used in production. Purchase this kit when you require immediate, auditable core licensing for Cisco software with a compact footprint and a clear upgrade path to additional core entitlements. Ideal For Enable a development team to validate features on a dedicated dev core before production rollout License a small production cluster with 4 cores for initial deployment Establish consistent licensing policy between test and production environments Purchase a compact entitlement package for PoC and early-stage deployments Why This Product 1 Packages production and development entitlements together for predictable parity 2 Smaller upfront spend versus buying separate production and dev licenses 3 Allows isolated development testing without impacting production cores 4 Straightforward upgrade path to add cores as capacity grows