Cisco NCI-D Starter SW License per Core | Mission Critical Support — NT-NCI-D-STR-FM

Keep critical Cisco workloads under disciplined support coverage with NCI-D Starter software licensing and federal mission-critical software support per core. This package is designed for organizations that need clear entitlement boundaries, procurement traceability, and support alignment at the core level. For infrastructure teams, the value is in the structure: per-core licensing helps map cost to deployment footprint, while federal mission-critical support is suited to environments where service continuity and administrative rigor matter. That makes it easier to standardize purchasing, document coverage, and maintain a clean support posture across regulated or high-importance systems. NCI-D Starter is a practical fit when you need to establish or extend coverage without overbuying broader bundles. It gives procurement and technical teams a straightforward way to anchor software support to the systems that matter most, while keeping the commercial model easy to track across environments. Ideal For EstabliJTFng support coverage for regulated Cisco environments Extending entitlement to mission-critical workloads by core count Standardizing procurement for federal or compliance-driven teams Documenting software support for audit and renewal planning Why This Product 1 Per-core model maps cost directly to deployment size 2 Federal mission-critical support suits regulated environments 3 Starter package helps avoid oversized licensing commitments 4 Cisco-backed entitlement simplifies renewal and audit planning