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Red Hat subscriptions in HPE GreenLake

1. Service overview

The Red Hat subscriptions (the “Service”) in HPE GreenLake supports the following Red Hat software for HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions deployment.

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
  • Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (OPP) with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) storage
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and add-on software

Red Hat software is provided on a per-instance or per-installation subscription basis. Red Hat subscriptions can be purchased separately as an add-on to HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions built on standard modules or customized infrastructure and service experience. Red Hat subscriptions are billed as a separate UOM, unless otherwise stated in the Statement of Work (“SOW”).

  • 2. Core service features

    • Red Hat subscriptions software usage metering, capacity reporting, and capacity planning
    • HPE branded support for Red Hat subscriptions. It includes the following proactive and reactive support features from HPE support team:
      • GreenLake Flex Solutions start-up and operation services
      • Two options for the reactive support of Red Hat subscriptions:
        • Remote 24x7 for premium subscriptions
        • 9x5 response for standard subscriptions
      • The reactive support level and service experience for the Red Hat subscriptions align with what is specified in the SOW.

    Prerequisites


    When Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform subscriptions are purchased as an add-on in an HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions built on customized infrastructure or standard modules, it requires Red Hat certified HPE GreenLake hardware and OCP operators.

    A. Core features


    Table 1. Red Hat subscriptions in HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions core features

Red Hat subscription type

Core features

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (Bare Metal Node)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04369MO

Standard MW04368MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription is used for OCP bare-metal deployment.

  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP bare-metal worker nodes.
  • The OCP control plane nodes and infrastructure nodes are included as part of the subscription.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OCP bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (2 Cores or 4 vCPUs)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW01424MO

Standard MW01425MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription is used for OCP virtualized deployment.

  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP worker nodes.
  • The OCP control plane nodes and infrastructure nodes are included as part of the subscription.
  • One subscription SKU entitles up to 2 cores or 4 vCPUs.

Metering design

  • What is measured: the number of cores/vCPUs being used based on daily average CPU utilization on the OCP worker nodes, then convert to the number of subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (100 Managed Nodes)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MCT3994MO

Standard MCT3991MO)

Subscription characteristics

  • One subscription SKU entitles up to 100 managed nodes. Managed nodes must be part of the Customer’s HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions environment, for example, physical HPE servers or virtual machines running on the HPE servers in an HPE GreenLake Flex Solution.
  • The Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform must be installed on the Systems provided as part of HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions.

Metering design

  • What is measured: Daily number of managed nodes and convert to monthly average number of subscriptions; one Ansible subscription entitles up to 100 managed nodes.
  • Data collection frequency: Daily

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (OPP) with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) storage

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (Bare Metal Node)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04352MO

Standard MW04353MO)

Subscription characteristics

When a customer bare metal deployment includes both Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) compute cluster and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) storage cluster, the Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (OPP) bare metal bundle SKU will apply. The OPP bundle subscription SKU contains OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), ODF essential (with ODF storage capacity =<256TB), and Quay (Open-source registry platform).

  • The OPP bundle subscription entitles the OCP worker nodes, OCP control plane nodes, OCP infrastructure nodes and up to 256TB of ODF internal mode storage capacity.
    • When the ODF internal mode storage cluster capacity is <= 256TB, the deployment only needs the OPP bundle subscription.
    • When the ODF internal mode storage cluster capacity is > 256TB, the deployment needs the OPP subscription and the ODF Capacity Expansion Pack per TB subscription, for capacity >256TB.
  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, a full OPP bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced for OpenShift Container Platform (Bare Metal Node)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04336MO

Standard MW04337MO)

Subscription characteristics

The OPP with ODF Advanced for OpenShift Container Platform SKU allows customer to deploy Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) storage in external mode cluster for bare-metal deployment, and some other features like stretch cluster, advanced granular encryption with KMS support, etc. Multiple OpenShift compute clusters can share a single external mode ODF storage cluster. Internal mode ODF storage cluster is dedicated to a single OpenShift compute cluster.

The subscription is a bundle SKU that includes the OPP Bundle SKU (MW04352MO or MW04353MO)

  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions.

Metering design

The metering aligns with the included OPP bundle SKU metering.

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OPP with ODF Advanced bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (2 Cores or 4 vCPUs)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW01637MO

Standard MW01638MO)

Subscription characteristics

When a Customer’s virtualized deployment includes both Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) compute cluster and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) storage cluster, the Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus (OPP) core-based bundle SKU will apply. The OPP core-based subscription bundle SKU contains OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), ODF essential (with ODF storage capacity =<256TB), and Quay (Open-source registry platform).

  • The OPP bundle subscription entitles the OCP worker nodes, OCP control plane nodes, OCP infrastructure nodes and up to 256TB of ODF internal mode storage capacity.
    • When the ODF internal mode storage cluster capacity is <=256TB, the deployment only needs the OPP subscription.
    • When the ODF internal mode storage cluster capacity is >256TB, the deployment needs the OPP subscription and the ODF Capacity Expansion Pack per TB subscription, for capacity >256TB.
  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles up to 2 cores or 4 vCPUs.

Metering design

  • What is measured: the number of cores/vCPUs being used based on daily average CPU utilization on the OCP worker nodes, then convert to the number of subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced for OpenShift Platform Plus (2 Cores or 4 vCPUs)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW01715MO

Standard MW01716MO)

Subscription characteristics

The OPP with ODF Advanced for OpenShift Container Platform SKU allows customer to deploy Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation storage in external mode cluster for virtualized deployment, and some other features like stretch cluster, advanced granular encryption with KMS support, etc. Multiple OpenShift compute clusters can share a single external mode ODF storage cluster. Internal mode ODF storage cluster is dedicated to a single OpenShift compute cluster.

  • The subscription is bundle SKU that includes the OPP Bundle SKU (MW01637MO or MW01638MO)The subscription is counted only for the OCP worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles up to 2 cores or 4 vCPUs.

Metering design

The metering aligns with the included OPP core-based bundle SKU metering.

  • What is measured: the number of cores/vCPUs being used based on daily average CPU utilization on the OCP worker nodes, then convert to the number of subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Capacity Expansion Pack 1TB

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MCT4581MO

Standard MCT4580MO)

Subscription characteristics

The subscription is an add-on SKU to the underlying OPP bare-metal/core-based bundle SKU to entitle the ODF storage cluster beyond 256TB.

For the OPP deployment, if the ODF storage cluster capacity is > 256TB, customer needs to purchase the required number of the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Capacity Expansion Pack 1TB subscription to entitle the extra storage cluster capacity.

  • One subscription SKU entitles 1TB of ODF storage capacity.

Metering design

  • What is measured: the actively used ODF storage capacity for the ODF cluster, then convert to the number of ODF Capacity Expansion Pack subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine (OVE)

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine Bare Metal (1-2 Sockets up to 128 Cores)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04383MO

Standard MW04487MO)

Subscription characteristics

The subscription provides customers with the ability to use the virtualization functionality of Red Hat OpenShift to deploy, manage and scale VMs exclusively.

  • The subscription is counted only for the OVE worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OVE bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment
  • Currently, metering is not available for OpenShift Virtualization Engine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores to be deployed.

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualization Bare Metal (1-2 sockets up to 128 cores)

Red Hat SKU

Premium

Standard

Subscription characteristics

The Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualizations allows customers to deploy the Advanced Cluster Manager (ACM) tools with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine (OVE).

The subscription is an add-on upgrade SKU to the underlying OVE (MW04383MO or MW04487MO) and the subscription rule aligns with the underlying OVE SKU.

  • The subscription is counted only for the OVE worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions.

Metering design

The metering aligns with the underlying OVE SKU metering.

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OVE bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment
  • Currently, metering is not available for Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualization. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores to be deployed.

Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine (OKE)

Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Bare Metal (1-2 Sockets up to 128 Cores)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04383MO

Standard MW04487MO

Subscription characteristics

The subscription provides customers with the ability to use the enterprise Kubernetes runtime that includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS immutable container operating system, administrator console and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

  • The subscription is counted only for the OKE worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores. Servers with more than two sockets or more than 128 Cores require additional subscriptions.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OKE bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment
  • Currently, metering is not available for OpenShift Kubernetes Engine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores to be deployed.

Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine (2 Cores or 4 VCPUs)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW04383MO

Standard MW04487MO

Subscription characteristics

The subscription provides customers with the ability to use the enterprise Kubernetes runtime that includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS immutable container operating system, administrator console and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

  • The subscription is counted only for the OKE worker nodes.
  • One subscription SKU entitles 1 GPU

Metering design

  • What is measured: the number of cores/vCPUs being used based on daily average CPU utilization on the OCP worker nodes, then convert to the number of subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment
  • Currently, metering is not available for OpenShift Kubernetes Engine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number a physical server with up to two CPU sockets and up to 128 Cores to be deployed.

Red Hat AI Accelerator

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MCT4726MO

Standard MCT4727MO

Subscription characteristics:

The subscription is an Add-on subscription and is required in addition to any OpenShift SKU when GPUs are included in the worker nodes

The subscription is counted only for the OKE worker nodes.

  • One subscription SKU entitles the use of one GPU in an OpenShift cluster

Metering design

  • What is measured: the number of GPUs being used based on daily average GPU utilization on the OCP worker nodes, then convert to the number of subscriptions for that day. The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Currently, metering is not available for Red Hat AI Accelerator deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of GPUs deployed on worker nodes

Red Hat OpenShift software for Telco deployment with NFV applications

Red Hat OpenShift Container

Platform (NFV Applications, 1-2 sockets)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW03651MO)

Subscription characteristics

The subscription is used for OCP bare-metal deployment for Telco NFV applications limited to Operations Support System (OSS), Business Support System (BSS) and 5G core applications.

  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP bare-metal worker nodes.
  • The OCP control plane nodes and infrastructure nodes are included as part of the subscription.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets regardless of the number of cores. Servers with more than two sockets require additional subscriptions.
  • Approved use cases: the deployment of virtualized and containerized telecommunication services or network functions that deliver consumer services, business services, mobile services, content services, telecommunication workloads and IoT services.
  • Use cases not supported include but are not limited to: nodes running general purpose IT or Enterprise applications in central or regional data center deployments, nodes running developer features/services or application development workloads, and nodes running databases, web applications, file services or third party operators.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, the full OCP bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus

(NFV Applications, 1-2 Sockets) (Red Hat SKU

Premium MW03652MO)

Subscription characteristics

The subscription is a bundle SKU for OCP bare-metal with internal mode ODF storage deployment for Telco NFV applications limited to Operations Support System (OSS), Business Support System (BSS) and 5G core applications. It entitles both Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) compute cluster and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) internal mode storage cluster up to 256TB.

  • The bundle SKU contains OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), ODF essential (with ODF storage capacity =<256TB), and Quay (Open-source registry platform).
  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP bare-metal worker nodes.
  • The OCP control plane nodes and infrastructure nodes are included as part of the subscription.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets regardless of the number of cores. Servers with more than two sockets require additional subscriptions.
  • Approved use cases: the deployment of virtualized and containerized telecommunication services or network functions that deliver consumer services, business services, mobile services, content services, telecommunication workloads and IoT services.
  • Use cases not supported include but are not limited to: nodes running general purpose IT or Enterprise applications in central or regional data center deployments, nodes running developer features/services or application development workloads, and nodes running databases, web applications, file services or third party operators.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, a full OPP bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus

with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced

(NFV Applications, 1-2 Sockets)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium MW03653MO)

Subscription characteristics

The subscription is a bundle SKU for OCP bare-metal with external mode ODF storage deployment for Telco NFV applications limited to Operations Support System (OSS), Business Support System (BSS) and 5G core applications. It entitles both Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) compute cluster and Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) external mode storage cluster up to 256TB.

  • The bundle SKU contains OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), ODF advanced (with ODF storage capacity =<256TB), and Quay (Open-source registry platform), and some other features like stretch cluster, advanced granular encryption with KMS support, etc.
  • The subscription is counted only for the OCP bare-metal worker nodes.
  • The OCP control plane nodes and infrastructure nodes are included as part of the subscription.
  • One subscription SKU entitles a physical server with up to two CPU sockets regardless of the number of cores. Servers with more than two sockets require additional subscriptions.
  • Approved use cases: the deployment of virtualized and containerized telecommunication services or network functions that deliver consumer services, business services, mobile services, content services, telecommunication workloads and IoT services.
  • Use cases not supported include but are not limited to: nodes running general purpose IT or Enterprise applications in central or regional data center deployments, nodes running developer features/services or application development workloads, and nodes running databases, web applications, file services or third party operators.

Metering design

  • What is measured: if the average CPU utilization for a worker node is above 3%, a full OPP bare-metal subscription is used for that worker node; the monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: Every 15 minutes to hourly, adjustable based on the environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and add-on software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

(Physical or Virtual Nodes)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium RH02269MO

Standard RH02270MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription entitles Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server on either a physical or virtual basis.

  • For physical server, each RHEL Server subscription entitles a physical server with up to two sockets.
  • For virtual node, each RHEL Server subscription entitles two virtual nodes regardless of virtual sockets.

Metering design

  • Metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL virtual machine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

for HPC Head Node (Physical or

Virtual Nodes)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium RH02273MO

Standard RH02274MO)

Subscription characteristics

The Red Hat HPC offering is a special use case that cost effectively addresses HPC clusters. An HPC cluster must include at least one Head Node and one Compute Node.

Two separate subscriptions are needed to build a RHEL HPC cluster:

  • Head Nodes - control the entire cluster; used for management, job control, and launching jobs across the cluster.
  • Compute Nodes - perform the actual HPC calculations, Compute Node support level inherits from Head Node support level (Premium or Standard).

This subscription entitles RHEL for HPC Head Node on either a physical or virtual basis.

  • For physical server, each RHEL Server subscription entitles a physical server with up to two sockets.
  • For virtual node, each RHEL Server subscription entitles one virtual node regardless of virtual sockets.

Metering design

  • Metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL HPC virtual machine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

for HPC Compute Node (Physical

or Virtual Nodes), RH02928MO


Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

for HPC Compute Node with

Extended Update Support

(Physical or Virtual Nodes),

RH02929MO

Subscription characteristics

The Red Hat HPC offering is a special use case that cost effectively addresses HPC clusters. An HPC cluster must include at least one Head Node and one Compute Node.

Two separate subscriptions are needed to build a RHEL HPC cluster:

  • Head Nodes - control the entire cluster; used for management, job control, and launching jobs across the cluster.
  • Compute Nodes - perform the actual HPC calculations, Compute Node support level inherits from Head Node support level (Premium or Standard).

There are two subscription SKU options for RHEL for HPC Compute Node

  • RH02928MO is the RHEL for HPC Compute Node SKU.
  • RH02929MO is a SKU with Extended Update Support (EUS). You can use RH02929MO if you need EUS. With EUS, Red Hat provides backports of Critical and Important impact1 security updates and urgent-priority bug fixes for a predefined set of minor releases of RHEL. EUS enables customers to remain with the same minor release of RHEL for 24 months, allowing for stable production environments for mission-critical applications. See more information of EUS at https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-eus

The subscription entitles RHEL for HPC Compute Node on either a physical or virtual basis.

  • For physical server, each RHEL Server subscription entitles a physical server with up to two sockets.
  • For virtual node, each RHEL Server subscription entitles one virtual node regardless of virtual sockets.

Metering design

  • Metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL for HPC virtual machine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of committed subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP

Solutions, (Physical or Virtual

Nodes)

(Red Hat SKU

Premium RH02312MO

Standard RH02313MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription entitles Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server for SAP solutions on either a physical or virtual basis.

  • For physical server, each RHEL for SAP solutions subscription entitles a physical server with up to two sockets.
  • For virtual node, each RHEL for SAP solutions subscription entitles two virtual nodes regardless of virtual sockets.
  • The subscription includes Red Hat Satellite (previously known as Red Hat Smart Management until April 1, 2023) and High Availability.

Metering design

  • Metering is only enabled for RHEL for SAP physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL for SAP virtual machine deployments. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of commitment RHEL for SAP subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for

Virtual Datacenters

(Red Hat SKU

Premium RH02318MO

Standard RH02320MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription entitles the deployment of unlimited Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests in virtualized environments on supported hypervisors such as Red Hat Virtualization, VMware, Microsoft HyperV, etc.

  • This subscription does not include a physical entitlement for Red Hat Virtualization.
  • This subscription allows the deployment of unlimited Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machines on a physical server with up to two sockets.

Metering design

Although RHEL for Virtual Datacenters entitles virtual machines, the metering tools are configured to collect compute metrics daily on the underlying physical server and calculate how many subscriptions are used based on the metrics and the subscription rule.

What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.

Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for

Virtual Datacenters for SAP

Solutions

(Red Hat SKU

Premium RH02322MO

Standard RH02324MO)

Subscription characteristics

This subscription entitles the deployment of unlimited Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests in virtualized SAP environments on supported hypervisors such as Red Hat Virtualization, VMware, and Microsoft HyperV.

  • This subscription does not include a physical entitlement for Red Hat Virtualization.
  • This subscription allows the deployment of unlimited Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP virtual machines on a physical server with up to two sockets.
  • The subscription includes Red Hat Satellite for Unlimited Guests (previously known as Red Hat Smart Management until April 1, 2023) and High Availability for Unlimited Guests.

Metering design

Although RHEL for Virtual Datacenters for SAP Solutions entitles virtual machines, the metering tools are configured to collect compute metrics daily on the underlying physical server and calculate how many subscriptions are used based on the metrics and the subscription rule.

What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Satellite for Unlimited

Guests (Red Hat SKU

RH02347MO)

Subscription characteristics:

Red Hat Satellite (previously known as Red Hat Smart Management until April 1, 2023) is an infrastructure management solution designed to provision and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure anywhere—physical, virtual, or in a cloud environment. Red Hat Satellite automates repetitive life cycle management tasks for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, keeping systems safeguarded, available, and compliant— increasing efficiency and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Red Hat Satellite system architecture has Satellite server, optionally through Capsule servers to manage the Satellite clients. Red Hat Satellite subscription is licensed based on the number of Satellite clients, but it includes the entitlement for Satellite servers and Capsule servers.

  • Red Hat Satellite for Unlimited Guests subscription is an add-on subscription to the RHEL for Virtual Datacenters subscription.
  • Red Hat Satellite for Unlimited Guests subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL for Virtual Datacenters subscription.
  • The Red Hat Satellite for Unlimited Guests subscription is included as part of the RHEL for Virtual Datacenters for SAP solutions subscription SKU at no extra charge.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL for Virtual Datacenters subscription metering design.

What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Satellite (Red Hat SKU

RH02345MO)

Subscription characteristics

Red Hat Satellite (previously known as Red Hat Smart Management until April 1, 2023) is an infrastructure management solution designed to provision and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure anywhere—physical, virtual, or in a cloud environment. Red Hat Satellite automates repetitive life cycle management tasks for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, keeping systems safeguarded, available, and compliant— increasing efficiency and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Red Hat Satellite system architecture has Satellite server, optionally through Capture servers to manage the Satellite clients. Red Hat Satellite subscription is licensed based on the number of Satellite clients, but it includes the entitlement for Satellite servers and Capsule servers.

  • Red Hat Satellite subscription is an add-on to the below underlying RHEL subscriptions:
    • RHEL server subscription
    • RHEL for HPC subscription
  • Red Hat Satellite subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.
  • Red Hat Satellite subscription is included as part of the RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription SKU at no extra charge.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

  • The metering is only enabled for RHEL Satellite physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for Red Hat Satellite deployment on virtual machines. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of commitment Red Hat Satellite subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux High

Availability (Red Hat SKU

RH02262MO)

Subscription characteristics

Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability provides the ability to create managed, highly available clusters with groups of RHEL servers. It provides failover services between nodes within a RHEL server cluster, making applications highly available.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability subscription is an add-on subscription to the below underlying RHEL subscriptions:
    • RHEL server subscription
    • RHEL for HPC subscription
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

  • The metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability deployment on virtual machines. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of commitment Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability subscriptions based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux High

Availability for Unlimited Guests

(Red Hat SKU RH02266MO)

Subscription characteristics

Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for Unlimited Guests provides the ability to create managed, highly available clusters with groups of RHEL servers. It provides failover services between nodes within a RHEL server cluster, making applications highly available.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for Unlimited Guests subscription is an add-on subscription to the below underlying RHEL subscriptions:
    • RHEL for Virtual Datacenters subscription
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for Unlimited Guests subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Resilient Storage (Red Hat SKU

RH02340MO)

Subscription characteristics

Resilient Storage Add-On provides concurrent shared storage access to the members of a highly available cluster. Each server in the cluster requires direct access to a shared block device. Resilient Storage Add-On includes Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® High Availability Add-On. For more information, see https://www.redhat.com/en/store/resilient-storage-add


Resilient Storage is an add-on monthly subscription on top of the underlying RHEL OS on the server (physical or virtual).

  • RH02340MO is an add-on to “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server SKUs (RH02269MO or RH02270MO)”
  • Resilient Storage subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

  • The metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL deployment on virtual machines. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of commitment based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Resilient Storage for Unlimited

Guests (Red Hat SKU

RH02344MO)

Subscription characteristics

Resilient Storage Add-On provides concurrent shared storage access to the members of a highly available cluster. Each server in the cluster requires direct access to a shared block device. Resilient Storage Add-On includes Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® High Availability Add-On. For more information, see https://www.redhat.com/en/store/resilient-storage-add


Resilient Storage for Unlimited Guests is an add-on monthly subscription on top of the underlying RHEL OS on the server.

  • RH02344MO is an add-on to “Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters SKUs (RH02318MO or RH02320MO)
  • Resilient Storage for Unlimited Guests subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Extended Life Cycle Support

(Physical or Virtual Nodes,

Monthly, Business Partner

Supported) (Red Hat SKU

RH02267MO)

Subscription characteristics

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support is an add-on monthly subscription on top of the underlying RHEL OS on the server (physical or virtual). It extends the subscriptions beyond its traditional 10-year support life cycle. ELS delivers certain critical-impact security fixes, selected urgent priority bug fixes, and troubleshooting for the last minor release of a given version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Visit Red Hat’s ELS support page for a list of supported packages and additional information.

  • RH02267MO is an add-on to “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server SKUs (RH02269MO or RH02270MO)”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design.

  • The metering is only enabled for RHEL physical server deployment.
    • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
    • The monthly subscription usage is monthly average of daily usage.
  • Currently, metering is not available for RHEL deployment on virtual machines. The monthly subscription usage is 100% of commitment based on the forecasted maximum number of virtual machines to be deployed.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Extended Life Cycle Support

(Unlimited Guests, Monthly,

Business Partner Supported) (Red

Hat SKU RH02268MO)

Subscription characteristics

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support Unlimited Guests is an add-on monthly subscription on top of the underlying RHEL OS on the server. It extends the subscriptions beyond its traditional 10-year support life cycle. ELS delivers certain critical-impact security fixes, selected urgent priority bug fixes, and troubleshooting for the last minor release of a given version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Visit Red Hat’s ELS support page for a list of supported packages and additional information

  • RH02268MO is an add-on to “Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters SKUs (RH02318MO or RH02320MO)”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support Unlimited Guests subscription rule aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription.

Metering design

The metering design aligns with the underlying RHEL subscription metering design. What is measured:

  • For a physical server with Intel processors, if the average CPU utilization is above 3%, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • For a physical server with AMD processors, if the server is powered on, the full subscription is used for that physical server.
  • The monthly subscription usage is the monthly average of daily usage.
  • Data collection frequency: daily

B. Optional features

Table 2. Optional features that will be specified in the SOW if selected

Feature

Delivery specifications

HPE on-site delivery service for Red Hat OCP implementation

On-site delivery for initial Service implementation if remote delivery is not possible. Key deliverables:

  • Design of OCP with three control plane modes and three worker nodes
    • Review design and criteria for one OpenShift Kubernetes cluster
    • Review control plane and worker node architecture
  • Deployment of OCP
    • Installation and configuration of one Red Hat OpenShift with three control plane nodes and three worker nodes
    • Ephemeral persistent storage
    • Implementation of test plan provided by HPE

HPE remote delivery service for Red Hat OCP implementation

Remote delivery for initial implementation or change order. Key deliverables:

  • Design update of the OCP with three more worker nodes
  • Deploy, configure, and test OCP

HPE delivery service for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform implementation

Ansible Automation Platform implementation service delivery for the initial Service implementation is an optional add-on service on top of the Red Hat OCP implementation service. If the Red Hat OCP implementation service is delivered on-site, the Ansible implementation service is delivered on-site. If the Red Hat OCP implementation service is delivered remotely, then the Ansible implementation service is delivered remotely.

Key deliverables:

  • Overview of Ansible Automation Platform
  • Design of Ansible Automation Platform
  • Deploy, configure, and test the platform

  • 3. General provisions and exclusions

    • Customers are subject to the use terms in the Red Hat Enterprise EULA and grant HPE right to accept the Red Hat Enterprise EULA on behalf of Customer.
    • Customers grant HPE access to their Red Hat Customer Portal account or create a new account on behalf of Customer.
    • The Red Hat subscriptions in HPE GreenLake deposited in the Red Hat Customer Portal account only entitle HPE GreenLake deployment. They are not entitled for other deployment.
    • Our ability to deliver this service is dependent upon the customer’s full and timely cooperation with HPE and authorized partners, as well as the accuracy and completeness of any information and data customer provides to HPE.
    • Services are either performed remotely or at the customer’s site, based on the SOW.
    • HPE and authorized partners assume that all information provided by the customer is accurate and will collaborate with the customer to determine acceptable estimates for any information that is not available.
    • Any service not clearly defined in this service description and/or SOW is excluded from this service.
    • Customer acknowledges and agrees that HPE may use resources outside the country of purchase for delivery of these services unless otherwise specified as part of the SOW.
    • This service enables only the Red Hat products listed in this document and can only be purchased with HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions.
    • The Red Hat subscriptions in this document do not include multi-tenancy support. The subscriptions are only entitled for a single tenant customer.
    • When the Red Hat subscriptions are sold separately as an add-ons with an HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions, the service specifications are governed by this service description.
    • Support for Red Hat Subscriptions purchased in an HPE GreenLake deal must come from HPE. Customers will not be able to call Red Hat for support.

  • 4. Customer responsibilities

    When Red Hat software is purchased by Customer as add-on with HPE GreenLake Flex Solutions, The Customer must:

    • Support HPE delivery team to identify the software entitlement party, set up account in the Red Hat Customer Portal and help in the ongoing management of Red Hat subscriptions in the customer portal.
    • Support HPE with activities such as assessment, design, and deployment specific to the service options.
    • Assign stakeholders to participate in planning meetings.
    • Provide the current architecture, standards, and detailed design documentation needed for installation, deployment, configuration, and management.
    • Support connectivity requirement for HPE to perform lifecycle management.
    • Give HPE access to network services such as NTP, DNS, default gateways, routes, and remediation, if needed.
    • Make any modifications to the existing network that are required and identified during the planning stages of this service, prior to arriving on-site to perform configuration and integration tasks.
    • Provide Active Directory credentials for commissioning and integration of the solution.
    • For initial deployments when Customer is performing initial self-installation & configuration of Red Hat technologies, Customer agrees to complete properly configured installation of the Red Hat technologies, after HPE’s rack & stack installation of hardware. Customer agrees to complete the installation by the date agreed to with the HPE Account Team. The date agreed allows sufficient time for HPE to install its metering technology.
    • Customer will be responsible for completing installation of Red Hat technologies associated with growth change requests, unless otherwise stated in the SOW.
    • Customer will be the “entitled party” as they will be managing the Red Hat technologies, unless otherwise stated in the Customer’s SOW. This means Admin permission of the Red Hat Portal account for the HPE GreenLake environment is granted to Customer with user-permissions for provisioning (i.e. downloading) Red Hat monthly subscriptions from the Red Hat Portal account. An account will be set up in the Red Hat Customer Portal, solely for Customer’s HPE GreenLake account environment, with Customer agreeing to only use the Red Hat subscriptions in this account for the HPE GreenLake environment. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, Customer and HPE roles & responsibilities are outlined in the following table:

Roles & Responsibilities

Task

Customer

HPE

Set up Red Hat Portal Account specifically used for Customer’s HPE GreenLake environment

•

Set up Customer provided contact as primary Admin for the Red Hat Portal Account

•

Set up HPE CSS & ASM in Portal with full Admin rights

• OR

•

Set up HPE A&PS person(s) with appropriate user permissions in the Red Hat Portal when A&PS services are used for installation & configuration services

• OR

•

Ongoing Customer user management in Red Hat Portal Account

•

HPE Delivery may periodically provide minimal assistance. For example, set up a new admin if Customer admin leaves the company.

Installation & configuration of Red Hat subscriptions for HPE GreenLake installs for initial and/or growth deployments, when Customer has not purchased HPE install/config services

•

Set up Customer users in Red Hat Portal with appropriate permissions

•

Assign Customer appropriate Red Hat technology management & admin permissions (e.g. OCP Cluster Admin)

•

Ongoing installation, configuration, and management of all Red Hat product updates/new versions

•

Monthly Red Hat subscription usage reporting

•

  • 5. Service update notifications

    HPE may update or alter service features and functionality of this service. Customers will receive notifications about updates and changes through customer’s assigned account team.

  • 6. Applicable data privacy terms

Document name

URL

HPE Data Privacy and Security Agreement Schedule with HPE Support and Professional Services data sheet

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00046995enw.pdf?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow

HPE Support and Professional Services sub-processor list

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50000947enw.pdf?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow

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