C9300-DNA-P-48S-5Y

C9300-DNA-P-48S-5Y is a Cisco DNA Premier software subscription for the Catalyst 9300, covering a 48-port SFP (fibre) switch, on a 5-year term. The Catalyst 9300 is Cisco’s volume stackable access-layer switch and the most widely deployed member of the Catalyst 9000 family.

This licence tier has been withdrawn by Cisco and can no longer be bought, renewed or supported. We have left this page up because people still search for the part number and deserve a straight answer rather than a dead end.

Cisco’s end-of-life notice for DNA Premier switching licences gives these dates:

• End of sale, and the last day to order: 9 March 2022
• Last day to renew or add to an existing subscription: 8 March 2024
• Last date of support: 31 March 2025

All three have passed. Cisco’s wording is that after the last date of support these part numbers are obsolete.

Premier sat at the top of the three Cisco DNA tiers, above Essentials and Advantage. Rather than simply adding more networking features, it was a bundle: DNA Advantage packaged together with Cisco’s identity and network-analytics products — Identity Services Engine and Stealthwatch, now sold as Secure Network Analytics. That is visible in Cisco’s own migration path, which replaces several Premier part numbers with DNA Advantage plus a cross-architecture bundle SKU.

If you already run this licence, the practical position is better than the dates suggest. The perpetual Network Essentials or Network Advantage licence that came with the switch is what keeps it running, and that does not expire. What lapses is the DNA subscription layered on top: the entitlement to the DNA Center features, and the support behind them. Licence enforcement behaviour changed with Smart Licensing Using Policy, so whether specific features keep operating depends on your IOS XE release — worth confirming for your estate rather than assuming either way.

What to buy instead. The nearest current equivalent is the DNA Advantage subscription for the same switch and the same 48-port SFP (fibre) model, on a matching 5-year term. Where Premier’s bundled identity and analytics products matter to you, those are licensed separately now. Cisco has since added a unified Catalyst and Networking Subscription model alongside the DNA part numbers, with Essentials and Advantage tiers and a 36-month minimum term on a new subscription, so the part number you end up ordering may not look much like this one. We will confirm the exact current part number and whether it is available before you commit to anything.

One thing worth knowing if you are specifying a replacement: the subscription tier has to match the perpetual Network licence on the switch — Essentials with Network Essentials, Advantage with Network Advantage. It is a common way for an order to come unstuck, so it is the first thing we check.

Green Code Technologies supplies Cisco switching, wireless and the licensing that goes with it. Tell us the switch model, how many ports you are covering and what term you need, and we will quote the current licence rather than selling you something Cisco stopped supporting in 2025.