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MEMARA
Contributor
Contributor
‎07-16-2018 08:19 AM

NSX License

I have 2 questions regarding the NSX Stretched network.

If i have 2 Sites Main and DR site and there is a dark fibre cable between them, Each site contains 14 Dual Socket servers for production and 2 Single socket Servers for management, the questions are:

  • Do I need NSX Licenses for each socket for the DR site or only for the Main Site?
  • Do I need NSX Licenses for the Management servers in each site or not and why?
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rajeevsrikant
Expert
Expert
‎07-16-2018 05:25 PM

If the workload is only active in the Primary DC, then it is required to license only the Primary DC site.

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In the management cluster if you are not going to use NSX features like VXLAN & DFW it is fine not to license the Management cluster with NSX.

In this case you should have only the NSX Manager & the NSX controllers in the management cluster.