Cisco IE 3500 DNA Essentials 5-Year Term License | Industrial Networking — IE3500-DNA-E-5Y

Keep industrial edge switching under disciplined management with Cisco IE 3500 DNA Essentials, a 5-year term license built for operational control and lifecycle consistency. This license supports the IE 3500 platform with the software entitlement needed to maintain visibility, apply policy, and manage the network with fewer manual touchpoints. For teams responsible for plant floors, remote facilities, and distributed industrial environments, a term license helps standardize how the infrastructure is operated over time. It gives procurement and IT operations a clear five-year planning window, reducing the friction of annual renewals and helping align software coverage with the expected service life of the hardware. DNA Essentials is positioned for organizations that want essential management capabilities without paying for features they will not use. That makes it a practical fit when the priority is stable operations, predictable licensing, and a clean path for maintaining Cisco industrial switching assets across multiple sites. Ideal For Managing Cisco IE 3500 switches in industrial plants Standardizing software coverage across distributed edge sites Planning multi-year licensing for OT network refresh cycles Supporting procurement of Cisco industrial switching entitlements Why This Product 1 5-year term reduces renewal frequency versus annual licensing 2 DNA Essentials fits essential management needs without excess scope 3 Built for Cisco IE 3500 industrial switch deployments 4 Supports predictable software budgeting across the license term