RHEL for Virtual Datacenters — unlimited Virtual Nodes on a Socket-pair
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Virtualization
- Statement
- Product Appendix 1 (NA English, February 2026 Version) Exhibit 1.A Table: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters — Unit Physical Node; Capacity Socket-pair with Unlimited Virtual Nodes running on a Socket-pair (RHEL Use Case). Note 1: “Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters Subscriptions do not include an entitlement for the host operating system.” Same unlimited Virtual Nodes on a Socket-pair pattern applies to RHEL for Virtual Datacenters for SAP Solutions (RHEL + SAP Use Case) in the same table.
- Applies when
- Licensing Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters (or VDC for SAP Solutions) on Physical Nodes under Appendix 1 Exhibit 1.A.
- Applies to
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters; Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters for SAP Solutions. Not standard RHEL Server “2 Virtual Nodes” capacity. Not OpenShift bare-metal node (explicitly not a VDC-style unlimited guest entitlement).
- Aliases
- RHEL VDC; unlimited Virtual Nodes; Virtual Datacenters Socket-pair
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