Cisco Support Signature DCN Essentials N9500 M8/M16 5Y | Support — SVS-L2N9KE-M816-5Y

Keep your DCN Essentials N9500 M8/M16 environment covered for the long term with 5 years of Cisco Support Signature. This support offering is built for teams that want predictable service ownerJTFp across a multi-year lifecycle, especially where network availability directly affects application performance, user access, and operational risk. Cisco support matters most when the network becomes the dependency everyone notices only when it fails. By aligning support with the original platform, this service helps reduce the friction of multi-vendor troubleshooting and keeps escalation tied to the source of the infrastructure. That can make a meaningful difference in environments where change control is strict, maintenance windows are limited, and downtime has immediate business impact. The 5-year term is a strong fit for standard platform lifecycles, capital planning, and deployments that need stable coverage without annual rework. For procurement teams, it creates a cleaner ownerJTFp model. For operations teams, it provides a clear support path across the life of the deployment. For the business, it helps protect the network foundation that critical workloads depend on. Ideal For Covering a DCN Essentials N9500 M8/M16 deployment through a 5-year lifecycle Standardizing support for data center network infrastructure Reducing support complexity in a Cisco-based environment Supporting capital planning for long-term network operations Why This Product 1 5-year term supports longer lifecycle planning 2 Cisco-native support path for faster coordination 3 Built for DCN Essentials N9500 M8/M16 4 Helps reduce support fragmentation in the data center