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COMMS-CORE_1795
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Nov 23, 2015

vCMP maximum number of guests

Hi all,

 

I have two Viprion 2400 chassis, each one with one 2250 blade licensed to host vCMP guests. Each blade has 20 cores, which I have currently allocated to 11 guests.

 

If I go to the licensing information on the Viprion, I see it has the following active modules:

 

  • Better Bundle, C2200 / C2400 Platforms (Perpetual)
  • DNS-GTM, Rate Limited, VIPRION (Perpetual)
  • LTM, Base, C2400 (Perpetual)
  • VCMP, 16 Guests (Perpetual)

I'm planning to get another 2250 blade, so my question is:

 

Will I be able to deploy just 5 more guests on the new blade? As my license only seems to allow a total of 16 guests and I have already deployed 11 of them.

 

Of course I will need more than 5 guests on the new blade (20 cores), so will I have to get a new VCMP license? If so, do you know what bundles are there?

 

I'm assuming that the 16 guests license "belongs" to the Viprion, not the blade.

 

I've been searching before about this question, but I didn't find the answer to this particular scenario.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

  • I think the license is labeled like that because originally the 2400 only had 2100 blades which meant only 16 vCMP guest could be allocated. I'm pretty sure the vCMP license should cover your whole chassis and should allow as many guests as is physically allowed by the new blades. I will try to confirm this, but with the 2250 with vCMP license you should be able to exceed 16 vCMP guests.

     

  • I think the license is labeled like that because originally the 2400 only had 2100 blades which meant only 16 vCMP guest could be allocated. I'm pretty sure the vCMP license should cover your whole chassis and should allow as many guests as is physically allowed by the new blades. I will try to confirm this, but with the 2250 with vCMP license you should be able to exceed 16 vCMP guests.

     

    • Brad_Parker_139's avatar
      Brad_Parker_139
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      Just confirmed, the vCMP license you have will allow you to provision the MAX allowed by your blades in the chassis. In your case 20/blade. The 16 number is as I suspected an artifact of the old part number and blades for the 2400.
    • COMMS-CORE_1795's avatar
      COMMS-CORE_1795
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      Thanks a lot, Brad! I won't need another vCMP license, right? Cause I already have it installed on the Viprion.
    • Brad_Parker_139's avatar
      Brad_Parker_139
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      That is correct. I would drop a line to your F5 account rep for sanity sake, but you should be good to go with the license you have.
  • I think the license is labeled like that because originally the 2400 only had 2100 blades which meant only 16 vCMP guest could be allocated. I'm pretty sure the vCMP license should cover your whole chassis and should allow as many guests as is physically allowed by the new blades. I will try to confirm this, but with the 2250 with vCMP license you should be able to exceed 16 vCMP guests.

     

    • Brad_Parker's avatar
      Brad_Parker
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      Just confirmed, the vCMP license you have will allow you to provision the MAX allowed by your blades in the chassis. In your case 20/blade. The 16 number is as I suspected an artifact of the old part number and blades for the 2400.
    • COMMS-CORE_1795's avatar
      COMMS-CORE_1795
      Icon for Nimbostratus rankNimbostratus
      Thanks a lot, Brad! I won't need another vCMP license, right? Cause I already have it installed on the Viprion.
    • Brad_Parker's avatar
      Brad_Parker
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      That is correct. I would drop a line to your F5 account rep for sanity sake, but you should be good to go with the license you have.