NSX-T for vShield Endpoint - Licensing

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

VMware vShield Endpoint lets you manage anti-virus and anti-malware policies for virtualized environments with the same management interfaces you use to secure physical infrastructure. The VMware vShield Endpoint strengthens virtualization security with enhanced endpoint protection by offloading AV processing to a secure virtual appliance supplied by the VMware partners.

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x
VMware NSX

Resolution

VMware vShield Endpoint is included as a vSphere feature in all vSphere editions. No separate license key is needed. The default license upon installing NSX-T is NSX for vShield Endpoint, which enables the use of NSX for deploying and managing vShield Endpoint for anti-virus offload capability only.