Lenovo VM vSphere Foundation Stack CPU License with 1 Year Support
This Lenovo platform license provides 1 year of support and software entitlement for your vSphere Foundation Stack, ensuring continuous operation and access to essential features for your business.
- Access to Core Features: Unlock the essential capabilities of Lenovo's vSphere Foundation Stack for virtualization management.
- 1 Year Support & Maintenance: Benefit from 12 months of vendor support for software issues and updates.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain proper licensing for your virtualization environment, avoiding compliance risks.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure your virtualization platform remains functional and supported, minimizing downtime.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a 1-year subscription license for Lenovo's vSphere Foundation Stack, specifically for CPU-based licensing. It includes 1 year of support and software maintenance, granting access to the core functionalities required for virtualizing your business's IT infrastructure.
Designed for businesses that own and operate their IT environments, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals managing server infrastructure. It integrates directly into your existing Lenovo hardware and VMware virtualization stack, ensuring a unified and supported platform.
- CPU-Based Licensing: Aligns with your existing hardware investment and virtualization strategy.
- 1 Year Subscription Term: Provides predictable costs and access for a defined period.
- Vendor Support Included: Direct access to Lenovo's support for software-related issues.
- Foundation Stack Capabilities: Enables core virtualization features for server consolidation and management.
- Compliance Ready: Ensures your deployment meets software licensing requirements.
This Lenovo license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maintain a compliant and supported virtualization environment without the overhead of enterprise-level procurement.
What This Enables
Enable Core Virtualization Features
Enable teams to consolidate physical servers into virtual machines, improving resource utilization and reducing hardware costs. Streamline the deployment and management of virtualized applications and operating systems.
On-premises data centers, server consolidation projects, private cloud deployments, virtual desktop infrastructure
Maintain Software Compliance
Streamline the process of ensuring your virtualization software licensing is up-to-date and compliant with vendor requirements. Automate the tracking of license entitlements to avoid audits and potential penalties.
Regulated industries, IT asset management, multi-server environments, proactive IT operations
Ensure Vendor Support Access
Provide IT teams with direct access to vendor support for troubleshooting and issue resolution related to the vSphere Foundation Stack. Protect against unexpected software failures or performance degradation with timely vendor assistance.
Mission-critical applications, environments with strict uptime SLAs, IT teams requiring specialized vendor expertise, proactive system maintenance
Key Features
CPU-based licensing model
Aligns with your existing hardware investment and simplifies license management based on processor cores.
1-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and access to software and support for a defined period, facilitating budget planning.
Included Vendor Support
Offers direct access to Lenovo's technical support for software-related issues, ensuring timely resolution.
Foundation Stack Capabilities
Unlocks essential virtualization features for server consolidation, resource management, and operational efficiency.
Software Maintenance Entitlement
Ensures you receive software updates and patches, keeping your virtualization platform secure and up-to-date.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and compliant IT infrastructure to manage sensitive data and transactions, making robust virtualization management essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations rely on virtualization for critical patient care systems and data management, necessitating licensed and supported software to meet regulatory demands like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use virtualization to run operational technology (OT) and IT systems efficiently, requiring stable platforms to maintain production uptime and data integrity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client data and require secure, reliable IT systems, often leveraging virtualization for efficient resource use and data protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a perpetual license and a subscription license?
A perpetual license is owned indefinitely, while a subscription license grants usage rights for a specific period, typically including support and updates during that term.
What does 'CPU-based licensing' mean for vSphere?
CPU-based licensing means the number of licenses required is determined by the number of physical CPUs in your servers that are running vSphere. This is a common model for enterprise virtualization software.
What kind of support is included with this license?
This license includes 1 year of vendor support and software maintenance directly from Lenovo, covering issues related to the vSphere Foundation Stack software.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.