Connect. Secure. Manage.
Cisco Licensing Advisory
Review Cisco network licensing requirements and current entitlements, separating technical scope advice from equipment sales and procurement fulfilment.
Devices supported
across the UK
Client locations
supported
Traffic handled
at peak time
Average
response time
Average response is not a resolution time or a contractual guarantee. Support scope and response commitments are agreed for each engagement.
Cisco licensing advisory checks what your planned design needs and what your current licences cover. We assess the relevant features and product families to identify gaps or unnecessary purchases. This is technical scope advice for the agreed network. Buying licences and interpreting contract terms remain separate parts of the process with their own owners.
Useful visibility
Monitor service-relevant conditions rather than collecting alerts without ownership.
Controlled change
Keep maintenance, automation and configuration work reviewable and recoverable.
Clear escalation
Connect incidents to the right engineering, provider and business contacts.
Begin with the required functionality
We find the features, platforms and operating model the customer intends to use. Routing, management, security and automation needs may have different entitlement dependencies. The assessment starts with those functions rather than a request to buy the most comprehensive licence tier by default.
The network design is reviewed for alternatives where appropriate. A feature may be technically attractive but unnecessary for the actual need, while another capability may be essential to the agreed resilience or management model. We explain those choices so licensing supports the design rather than drives it without scrutiny.
Standards & partnerships
Confidence in the team behind your network.
Cisco Partner
Cisco Meraki
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials PlusMCI Network Services is operated by Proxar Ltd. Certifications apply to the certified legal entity and the scope of its certificates. View accreditation information
Reconcile the existing entitlement record
We review available inventory, account information and relevant purchasing records with authorised customer representatives. The aim is to distinguish installed capability, recorded entitlement and the permissions to use it. A feature appearing in a setup or interface does not alone prove that the customer holds the required licence.
Account ownership and access also matter. Entitlements may sit under different organisational records or be managed by a current supplier. We identify those boundaries and the approvals needed to get accurate information, without requesting unrestricted account access or assuming that a licence can simply be moved between unrelated entities.
A useful starting point
Tell us what is happening.
A short description of the problem is enough for an initial discussion.
Check the applicable model and conditions
Cisco products can use different licensing mechanisms, terms and feature tiers. We check the needs for the exact platform and intended software rather than applying rules from another product family. Subscription, perpetual and support elements are distinguished where they appear in the customer’s arrangement.
The assessment records which conclusions come from technical documentation and which require confirmation from the purchasing or vendor channel. Questions about contract rights, transferability or commercial exceptions are not answered by inference from a dashboard. Where the evidence is incomplete, the report states the gap and the appropriate confirmation route.
Different environments. The same care.
Built around the work
your network supports.
Finance, banking and the wider private sector. We start with the systems and people that depend on your connections.
Finance & banking
Market-data paths, routing and provider coordination on clients’ behalf.
Financial-market services ↗Offices & multi-site teams
Reliable access between people, workplaces and business applications.
Office network design ↗Data centres & cloud
Network boundaries, workload connections and operational ownership.
Data centre networks ↗Assess implementation and lifecycle effects
A licence decision can affect more than initial feature activation. Management network access, registration, reporting and renewal processes may need service ownership. We check what the customer must maintain and which events should trigger review, such as a platform replacement, software migration or change in rollout scale.
Hardware and software support milestones remain separate considerations. Holding a subscription does not on its own extend every underlying product’s support life. The advisory work connects entitlement planning with the relevant lifecycle information so the customer does not assume a renewal removes an unrelated support risk.
Compare options without hiding scope
Where several supported licence choices meet the need, we explain the functional differences and operational implications. The comparison can identify capability that is needed now, capability that supports a confirmed future plan and features with no current use. This provides a better basis for purchasing than a list of product names without context.
Prices, discounts, terms and availability require a current commercial quotation from the appropriate supplier. We do not invent figures or present technical advice as a binding vendor offer. Equipment and licence fulfilment can be coordinated separately, preserving the distinction between MCI’s services and a hardware or licensing catalogue.
Plan application and verification
If the engagement includes rollout, we agree the authorised account actions and platform changes. The process records the intended entitlement assignment and checks the resulting feature state. Applying a key or changing a registration setting is not treated as complete until the relevant technical outcome has been checked.
Existing services are protected during the work. Licence changes, migrations or removals can have consequences that differ by product, so recovery and support escalation are considered before action. The customer retains the records and ownership information needed for future maintenance.
Deliver a clear advisory record
The output identifies required capability, available evidence, gaps, recommended actions and the party responsible for each confirmation. It avoids declaring blanket licence compliance from an incomplete inventory. Future changes to the design or vendor model should trigger a review of the assumptions.
MCI can provide Cisco licensing advice within network lifecycle management or a new design engagement. Share the intended service and authorised entitlement records first. We will help connect technical needs to an informed purchasing decision, with commercial commitments and legal rights confirmed through their proper channels.
Talk to a specialist
Need a specialist view?
Tell us what is affected, what changed and what your team has already checked. A short outline is enough to start.
+44 203 196 6566Choose option 1
sales@proxar.co.ukUK-wide service.
Most of our engineers are based in Kent, with a focus on London, Sussex, Essex and Berkshire.
Existing customers should use their agreed support and escalation channels. This form is for service enquiries, not a monitored emergency ticket.
Tell us what you need.
A short outline is enough. Please do not include passwords or sensitive network details.
Thank you. Your enquiry has been submitted.
Please check your name, email and message, then try again.
Your form session expired. Please try again.
Please wait a minute before sending another enquiry.
We could not submit your enquiry. Please call or email us instead.