• SolidFire and Element Software Documentation Center
NetApp HCI licensing
When you use NetApp HCI, you might need additional licenses depending on what you
are using.
NetApp HCI and VMware vSphere licensing
VMware vSphere licensing depends on your configuration:
Networking option Licensing
Option A: Two cables for
compute nodes using
VLAN tagging (All
compute nodes)
Requires use of vSphere Distributed Switch, which requires VMware vSphere
Enterprise Plus licensing.
Option B: Six cables for
compute nodes using
tagged VLANs (H410C
2RU 4-Node compute
node)
This configuration uses vSphere Standard Switch as the default. Optional use of
vSphere Distributed Switch requires VMware Enterprise Plus licensing.
Option C: Six cables for
compute nodes using
native and tagged VLANs
(H410C, 2RU 4-Node
Compute Node)
This configuration uses vSphere Standard Switch as the default. Optional use of
vSphere Distributed Switch requires VMware Enterprise Plus licensing.
NetApp HCI and ONTAP Select licensing
If you were provided a version of ONTAP Select for use in conjunction with a purchased NetApp HCI system,
the following additional limitations apply:
• The ONTAP Select license, which is bundled with a NetApp HCI system sale, may only be used in
conjunction with NetApp HCI compute nodes.
• The storage for those ONTAP Select instances must reside only on the NetApp HCI storage nodes.
• The use of third-party compute nodes or third-party storage nodes is prohibited.
Find more information
• NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
• SolidFire and Element Software Documentation Center
NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control configuration maximums
NetApp HCI includes NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control to simplify compute lifecycle and
storage management. It supports Element Software upgrades on storage nodes for
NetApp HCI and NetApp SolidFire storage clusters, as well as firmware upgrades for
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