/mcpData sheet Cisco public © 2025 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Catalyst Software Subscription new Cisco DNA subscription Network Advantage Network Essentials Included3 add-ons: Common Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) policy, ThousandEyes® network, and application assurance, Cisco Spaces Included ISE endpoint licenses 10 1 For all new orders, subscription licenses are mandatory and must be of the same tier as network licenses. 2 Portability within the same Catalyst 9000 series of hardware 3 Only available with the Advantage tier. Network Essentials and Advantage package features Table 24. Network Essentials and Advantage package features Features Network Essentials Network Advantage Switch fundamentals Layer 2, Routed Access (RIP, EIGRP Stub, OSPF – up to 1000 routes), PBR, PIM Stub Multicast (up to 1000 routes), PVLAN,2 VRRP, PBR,3 Cisco Discovery Protocol, QoS, FHS, 802.1X2, MACsec-128, CoPP, SXP, IP SLA Responder, SSO Yes Yes Advanced switch capabilities and scale BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, IS-IS, BSR, MSDP, PIM SM, PIM SSM, PIM- BIDIR,2 IP SLA, OSPF No Yes Network segmentation VRF, VXLAN, LISP, BGP-EVPN,3 Cisco TrustSec®/CMD,3 SGT, MPLS, mVPN2 No Yes Automation NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC, gNMI/gNOI, YANG, PnP agent, ZTP/Open PnP, Guest Shell (on-box Python) Yes Yes Telemetry and visibility Model-driven telemetry, sampled NetFlow, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN), Remote SPAN (RSPAN)2 Yes Yes