Core (VMware vDefend Firewall)
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- Unit
- Core
- Aliases
- vDefend per Core; VMware Firewall Core
- Definition
- "Customer may use the Broadcom Software for applicable number of Cores as outlined on the section Deployment Specific Purchase Requirements." (vDefend Firewall SPD, May 2024, for each of the three editions.)
- Counting rules
- Deployment Specific Purchase Requirements: Distributed Firewall 1 purchased Core per 1 Core; Gateway Firewall 4 purchased Cores per 1 Core; Container Security with Antrea 1 per 1 Core; Bare Metal agent 1 purchased Core per 4 Cores of Bare Metal; DPU offload an additional 4 Cores per DPU. "If multiple types of deployment are shared on the same host, each deployment will independently require the appropriate number of licenses."
- Floors / minimums
- No minimum per host or processor stated in the SPD.
- Applies to products
- VMware vDefend Firewall
- VMware vDefend Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention
- VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention Add-on
- Applies to editions
- vDefend Firewall
- vDefend Firewall with ATP
- vDefend ATP Add-on
- Product category