You must have a base license and then you can add an Add-On license on top of the base license.
Base Licenses
The following base license types are available.
NSX Data Center:
- NSX Data Center Standard
- NSX Data Center Professional
- NSX Data Center Advanced
- NSX Data Center Enterprise Plus
- NSX Data Center for Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO)
- NSX Data Center Evaluation
- NSX for vSphere - Standard
- NSX for vSphere - Advanced
- NSX for vSphere - Enterprise
- NSX for vShield Endpoint
- VMware Container Networking with Antrea Enterprise (3.2 and later versions)
NSX-T:
The NSX-T licenses are available for 3.0.3.1, 3.1.3.1, 3.2, and later versions.
- NSX-T
- NSX-T Professional
- NSX-T Advanced
- NSX-T Advanced Limited Edition
- NSX-T Enterprise Plus
- NSX-T for Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO)
- NSX-T Evaluation
Limited Export License
The following limited export license types are available:
- VMware NSX Enterprise per Processor (Limited Export)
- NSX Data Center Advanced per Processor (Limited Export)
- NSX Data Center Evaluation
- NSX for vShield Endpoint
- NSX Data Center Distributed Threat Prevention Add-On
Security Licenses
Security licenses that are available in NSX-T Data Center v3.1.0 and later:
- NSX Firewall
- NSX Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention
- NSX Firewall with Bare Metal
- NSX Firewall Evaluation
NSX Distributed Firewall licenses that are available in NSX-T Data Center v3.2 and later:
- NSX Distributed Firewall
- NSX Distributed Firewall with Threat Prevention
- NSX Distributed Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention
- NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for Distributed Firewall
- NSX Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On for Distributed Firewall, NSX-T Data Center Advanced or NSX-T Data Center Enterprise Plus
NSX Gateway Firewall licenses that are available in NSX-T Data Center v3.2 and later:
- NSX Gateway Firewall – VM
- NSX Gateway Firewall – ISO
- NSX Gateway Firewall with Threat Prevention – VM
- NSX Gateway Firewall with Threat Prevention – ISO
- NSX Gateway Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention – VM
- NSX Gateway Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention – ISO
- NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall – VM
- NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall – ISO
- NSX Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall – VM
- NSX Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall – ISO
VMware Cloud Provider Program (VCPP) Licenses
VMware Cloud Provider Program (VCPP) licenses that are available in v3.1.1 and later:
- NSX Data Center SP Base
- NSX Data Center SP Professional
- NSX Data Center SP Advanced
- NSX Data Center SP Enterprise Plus
Add-On Licenses
You must apply all add-on license on top of one of the corresponding base license as listed in the following table.
Add-On License | Base License |
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NSX Distributed Threat Prevention (Distributed IDS included) (Introduced in v3.0) |
One of the following base license is required:
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NSX Advanced Threat Prevention (Introduced in v3.1.1) |
One of the following base license is required:
|
Add-On License | Base License |
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NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for NSX Distributed Firewall | One of the following base license is required:
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NSX Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On for NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX Data Center Advanced, NSX Data Center Enterprise Plus | One of the following base license is required:
|
NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall - VM | NSX Gateway Firewall - VM |
NSX Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall - VM | NSX Gateway Firewall - VM and NSX Threat Prevention Add-On for Gateway Firewall - VM (Need both) |
NSX-T Advanced Add-On | One of the following base license is required:
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NSX-T Enterprise Plus Add-On | One of the following base license is required:
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NSX-T Base Licenses and Dependencies
License | Add-On Supported |
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NSX-T Advanced |
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NSX-T Enterprise Plus |
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NSX-T Advanced Add-On |
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NSX-T Enterprise Plus Add-On |
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