NCI Starter SW Lic Cisco NT-NCI-STR-AM | Mission Critical Support — NT-NCI-STR-AM

Maintain operational confidence with NCI Starter software licensing and L3 mission critical software support delivered per core. This entitlement is designed for infrastructure teams that need a clear licensing structure and a higher-touch support posture for critical environments. The per-core model helps align software cost to the size of the deployment, which is useful when planning capacity, forecasting spend, or standardizing procurement across distributed systems. Layer 3 mission critical support adds a stronger service commitment for teams that cannot afford slow escalation when issues affect production workloads. For organizations evaluating platform software, the combination of starter licensing and mission critical support creates a practical entry point: defined entitlement, enterprise support coverage, and a pricing structure that scales with core count. It is a strong fit for teams that value operational continuity and want support terms that match the importance of the systems they run. Ideal For Production infrastructure requiring mission critical support coverage Core-based licensing for capacity planning and budgeting Enterprise software procurement with support included Standardized deployment across distributed compute environments Why This Product 1 Includes software licensing plus L3 mission critical support 2 Per-core pricing helps match spend to deployment scale 3 Better suited to production environments than basic support tiers 4 Designed for enterprise procurement and capacity planning