Cisco Core & Aggr Essentials SIA 100G 5 Year | Enterprise Support — ESS-100G-SIA-5

Keep high-speed network infrastructure covered with Cisco Core & Aggregation Essentials SIA for 100G deployments over a 5-year term. This support offering is designed for organizations that depend on stable core and aggregation layers to carry business-critical traffic across campuses, data centers, and distributed enterprise environments. For teams managing 100G infrastructure, vendor-backed support matters because downtime at the core ripples quickly across the rest of the network. Essentials SIA helps provide a structured support path for troubleshooting, issue escalation, and lifecycle continuity, reducing the risk of extended outages and unplanned operational gaps. The 5-year term aligns with standard infrastructure planning cycles, making it easier to budget support alongside hardware refreshes and network modernization programs. Cisco support at this tier is especially valuable where performance, availability, and predictable service response are more important than lowest-cost coverage. It gives procurement and engineering teams a clear way to maintain support alignment across essential core and aggregation assets without fragmenting service contracts. Ideal For Supporting campus or data center core switching layers running at 100G Maintaining aggregation network coverage across enterprise backbone links Standardizing vendor support across a multi-year infrastructure refresh Backing critical network operations where uptime and escalation speed matter Why This Product 1 Designed for core and aggregation layers rather than general office networking 2 100G scope fits high-throughput enterprise infrastructure 3 5-year term supports long-range budget and refresh planning 4 Vendor-backed service improves escalation and continuity versus ad hoc support