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HPE licenses software under the HPE End User License Agreement and per-product Additional License Authorizations (per server for iLO and OneView, per socket for Morpheus and VM Essentials, per core, terabyte or consumption unit for Ezmeral), and sells GreenLake services under aaS terms with metered usage, commitments and quarterly metering audits.

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Overview articleHewlett Packard Enterprise software licensingHPE licenses software under the HPE End User License Agreement and per-product Additional License Authorizations (per server for iLO and OneView, per socket for Morpheus and VM Essentials, per core, terabyte or consumption unit for Ezmeral), and sells GreenLake services under aaS terms with metered usage, commitments and quarterly metering audits.Cited · Edited 2026-10-07 · 13 references

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HPE software licence terms, EULA and auditCited · Edited 2026-10-07HPE iLO, OneView and Compute Ops Management licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-07HPE GreenLake and aaS termsCited · Edited 2026-10-07HPE Morpheus, VM Essentials and Ezmeral licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-07

Licensing Data

From the Hewlett Packard Enterprise catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 83 verbatim excerpts from 20 Hewlett Packard Enterprise documents.

Products

All 13 Products

Rack Servers 5

HPE Compute Ops Management, HPE iLO, HPE iLO 5, HPE iLO 6, HPE OneView

Hybrid Enablement Software 3

HPE GreenLake, HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions, HPE GreenLake platform

Data Fabric Software 2

HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics

Cloud Management Platforms 2

HPE Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software

Server Virtualization Software 1

HPE VM Essentials Software

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired Juniper NetworksAnnounced 2024-01-09 · Closed 2025-07-02 · About USD 14 billion equity value, USD 40.00 per share in cash (as announced)

    HPE acquired Juniper Networks after settling a US Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit. The combined networking business is called HPE Networking and offers both HPE Juniper Networking and HPE Aruba Networking products.

    Legacy productBecame
    Juniper Networks products (Junos, Mist and others)Renamed HPE Juniper Networking
    Aruba NetworkingKept HPE Aruba Networking · Offered alongside HPE Juniper Networking under HPE Networking
    HPE Instant On campus and branch WLAN businessDivested DOJ-approved buyer · Required by the DOJ settlement within 180 days
    Juniper AI Ops for Mist source codeDivested Perpetual, non-exclusive licence to a competitor · To be auctioned under the DOJ settlement; HPE keeps the Mist products
    Licensing impact
    • Customers have access to both HPE Juniper Networking and HPE Aruba Networking products from one company, under the HPE Networking business led by Juniper's former CEO.[2][3]
    • The DOJ settlement requires HPE to divest its global Instant On campus and branch WLAN business, including customer relationships, to a DOJ-approved buyer within 180 days, so Instant On customers will move to a new vendor.[1]
    • The settlement also requires an auction of a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to Juniper's AI Ops for Mist source code with optional transitional support, which does not change existing Mist customers' licences but affects which vendors may offer similar functionality.[1]
    Sources and full product history
  2. Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired Morpheus DataAnnounced 2024-08-15 · Closed 2024-08-30

    HPE acquired Morpheus Data, a hybrid cloud management and platform operations vendor, to add multicloud provisioning, orchestration, automation and FinOps capabilities to HPE GreenLake.

    Licensing impact
    • HPE announced the definitive agreement on 15 August 2024 and stated that Morpheus would add multi-vendor, multicloud application provisioning, orchestration and automation and FinOps capabilities to GreenLake, complementing OpsRamp.[1]
    • HPE stated on 30 August 2024 that it had closed the acquisition.[2]
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  3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired OpsRampAnnounced 2023-03-20 · Closed 2023

    HPE acquired OpsRamp, an IT operations management vendor, to extend HPE GreenLake into IT operations management.

    Legacy productBecame
    OpsRampKept OpsRamp (HPE GreenLake) · Integrated with HPE GreenLake and available standalone as a service
    Licensing impact
    • HPE announced the agreement on 20 March 2023 and stated that OpsRamp technology would be integrated with the HPE GreenLake platform, available standalone as a service and embedded in HPE compute, storage and networking solutions.[1]
    • HPE's August 2024 announcement of Morpheus Data refers to its acquisition of OpsRamp in 2023.[2]
    Sources and full product history
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