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1-2 Sockets or 1-2 Virtual Machines

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Unit
Socket
Aliases
1-2 Sockets or 1-2 VMs; per 1-2 Sockets per Physical Server or 1-2 Virtual Machines
Definition
Product Appendices, Appendix A §3(a): "These Subscriptions are to be used for flexible deployments on either Physical Servers or low-density Virtualization Environments or cloud virtualization." §5(a): "Up to 2 Virtual Machines running on the same Virtualization Host or Virtualization Environment or within the same Private Cloud account or Public Cloud zone can be deployed with one “1-2 Sockets or 1-2 Virtual Machines” Subscription."
Counting rules
Physical: one Subscription per 1-2 Sockets on the same Physical Server, Stackable for more Sockets; cannot be split across Physical Servers. Virtual: up to 2 VMs per Subscription on the same host, environment, Private Cloud account or Public Cloud zone. At any point in time either Physical or Virtual, not both; may not be used as a Virtualization Host (Appendix A §4-§5).
Floors / minimums
Stackable. Odd Socket counts round up (three Sockets need two Subscriptions, Exhibit 1 "Stackable"). Arm AArch64: applies to Physical Servers with 16 or more Cores; maximum 144 Cores per Socket Pair (Appendix A §10).
Applies to products
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
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