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vDefend Firewall purchase ratios by deployment type

Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited

Kind
Counting
Statement
vDefend Firewall SPD (May 2024), Deployment Specific Purchase Requirements: Distributed Firewall 1 Core of VMware Firewall per 1 Core; Gateway Firewall 4 Cores per 1 Core; Container Security with Antrea 1 per 1; Bare Metal agent 1 Core per 4 Cores of Bare Metal; DPU offload an additional 4 Cores per DPU. Each deployment type on a shared host is licensed independently.
Applies when
Sizing vDefend Firewall, vDefend Firewall with ATP or the ATP Add-on.
Applies to
VMware vDefend Firewall (all editions)
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