NSX Licensing

[BL460c]

I know NSX is not going to be released until Quarter 4 2013 but does anyone know how this will work?

* I found a document saying NSX is licensed per VM

* What are the vSphere requirements?

* Do you require vxCloud Suite

* can you get NSX on top of Enterprise Plus licensing?

anyone know?

[AnthonyChow]

http://www.vmware.com/products/nsx/

I think it is GA today: http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization

[AnthonyChow]

Found this:

NSX available, but price of VMware network virtualization stays secret

[admin]

Hi,

   For NSX, you don't need the vCloud Suite, as NSX is sold as a stand-alone product. You do need the Distributed vSwitch though, which means you must have vSphere Enterprise edition. NSX also requires vCenter 5.5; and for all the features to be supported, needs to run on ESXi 5.5 as well.

Hope this helps....

[CedricAnto]

News is that NSX licensing may be per port, not per VM.

[bayupw]

The VMware Product Guide http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-product-guide.pdf says per VM.

But I just got an update from my colleague that NSX is coming with perpetual licenses similar with other VMware Products in a-la carte per VM and CPU-based.

Consult VMware for more informations about this.

Thanks,

Bayu

[CedricAnto]

Hi Bayu,

Your information is more up-to date(as on April 2014), thanks for sharing this