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VMware vSphere* and vCenter* Product Descriptions
– Overview
VMware vSphere* software is available as an accessory when ordering an Intel
®
Server Board or Intel
®
Server
System.
Customers can only order these SKUs at the time they are ordering an Intel® Server Board or
Intel® Server System.
These SKUs cannot be ordered individually.
Licensing Per Processor with vRAM Entitlements:
VMware vSphere 5 is licensed on a per-processor basis
with a vRAM entitlement. Each VMware vSphere 5 processor license comes with an entitlement to a certain
amount of vRAM capacity, or memory configured to virtual machines. For more information, VMwa
re’s licensing
whitepaper can be found at
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html
.
VMware vSphere* and vCenter* Server SKUs
Each VMware vSphere SKU contains a paper certificate with a software product activation code.
As directed on the certificate, the end user must register the product activation code with
VMware at
http://www.vmware.com/code/intel
to access VMware Software, Support and
Subscription Services.
VMware vSphere* and vCenter* Server Editions
All VMware vSphere SKUs (except Essentials) are bundled with either 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) or with 1 year
VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription. The Essentials SKU is bundled with 1 year VMware
Subscription.
Essentials
VMware vSphere 5 Essentials Bundle for 3 hosts (Max 2 processors per host) and 192 GB
vRAM entitlement
with 1 year VMware Subscription.
Essentials Plus
VMware vSphere 5 Essentials Plus Bundle for 3 hosts (Max 2 processors per host) and 192
GB vRAM entitlement
with 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) Support and Subscription
with 1 year VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription
Standard
VMware vSphere 5 Standard for 1 processor (with 32 GB vRAM entitlement per processor)
with 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) Support and Subscription
with 1 year VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription
Enterprise
VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise for 1 processor (with 64 GB vRAM entitlement per processor)
with 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) Support and Subscription
with 1 year VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription
Enterprise Plus
VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus for 1 processor (with 96 GB vRAM entitlement per
processor)
with 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) Support and Subscription
with 1 year VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription
VMware vCenter*
Server Standard
for vSphere 5
VMware vCenter Server 5 Standard for vSphere 5 (Per Instance)
One instance of vCenter Server is required to centrally manage virtual machines and their hosts and to
enable all VMware vSphere features on Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions.
with 1 year VMware Basic (12x5) Support and Subscription
with 1 year VMware Production (24x7) Support and Subscription
