Understanding CPU Licences in vSphere Server Standard

[MarcusOsb]

Hi,

I am just after a little info about understanding the physical CPU licenses included in vSphere Server Standard and how many CPU cores are allowed.

A long story short I want to set up a FT environment consisting of two ESXi hosts with two physical CPU's in each host connected to a central SAN for a total of 48 Cores (24 Pr a host).

Would the vSphere Server Standard License suit this need?

Thanks,

Marcus

[a_p_]

ESXi hosts are licensed by CPU sockets, i.e. physical CPUs. So what you need in order to run FT (assuming you are using vSphere 6) is a license for vCenter Server - either Standard, or Foundation (for up to 3 ESXi hosts) - and 4 CPU Standard licenses (1 for each CPU). Please keep in mind that FT with Standard CPU licenses is limited to 2 vCPUs per FT-VM (see Compare VMware vSphere Editions | United States)

André