VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus with Add-on for Kubernetes (per Core, 3-Year Term)
Brand: VMware | Category: Software
SKU: VMWA-VS8EPLUSKIT3Y | Part #: VS8-EPLUS-KIT-3Y | MPN: VS8-EPLUS-KIT-3Y
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About the VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus with Add-on for Kubernetes (per Core, 3-Year Term)
VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus is the foundational virtualization platform for enterprise data centers, combining bare-metal hypervisor capabilities with native Kubernetes integration through the bundled Add-on for Kubernetes (formerly Tanzu Kubernetes Grid). Launched in Q4 2022 and refined through Broadcom's 2024-2025 subscription-only licensing transition, this per-core licensing model provides unlimited virtual machine density, advanced resource optimization, and containerized workload support within a single consolidated platform. The Enterprise Plus tier includes vCenter Server, vSAN ReadyNodes support, NSX advanced networking, and comprehensive management tooling for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.
Ideal for
- Consolidating legacy and modern application workloads on unified virtualization infrastructure while deploying microservices via native Kubernetes
- Building software-defined data centers with integrated storage (vSAN), networking (NSX), and container platforms for zero-trust security models
- Scaling enterprise cloud environments across multiple geographic regions with consistent vSphere hypervisor and Kubernetes management
- Running stateful containerized databases and big-data analytics alongside traditional VMs on the same physical infrastructure
- Implementing DevOps CI/CD pipelines with VM-based legacy systems and Kubernetes-native modern applications side-by-side
- Supporting disaster recovery and business continuity across geographically distributed vSphere 8 clusters with synchronized Kubernetes workloads
Technical specifications
| Manufacturer | VMware |
| Product Line | vSphere 8 |
| Edition | Enterprise Plus |
| Licensing Model | Per-Core Subscription (3-Year Term) |
| Minimum Processors per License | 2 cores |
| Hypervisor Type | Type-1 Bare-Metal |
| Supported CPU Architectures | Intel Xeon (3rd Gen Scalable and newer), AMD EPYC (7002 series and newer) |
| vCenter Server Included | Yes (Unlimited instances per subscription) |
| Maximum VMs per Host | Unlimited |
| Maximum vCPU per VM | 256 |
| Maximum Memory per VM | 16 TB |
| vMotion Support | Yes (cross-vCenter, zero-downtime live migration) |
| Storage Protocols Supported | VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, vSAN |
| vSAN ReadyNodes Support | Yes |
| NSX Integration | Advanced NSX-T (included) |
| Kubernetes Add-on | Native Kubernetes support for containerized workloads |
| Maximum Hosts per Cluster | 96 |
| DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) | Yes (fully featured) |
| HA (High Availability) | Yes (automatic failover, up to 8 failure tolerance) |
| Fault Tolerance | Yes (record-replay, zero RPO) |
| Support for ARM64 Workloads | Yes (via Kubernetes layer) |
| Term Length | 3 Years |
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Technical Specifications
| Brand | VMware |
| Category | Software |
| SKU | VMWA-VS8EPLUSKIT3Y |
| Part Number | VS8-EPLUS-KIT-3Y |
| Condition | New |
| Product Line | vSphere 8 |
| Edition | Enterprise Plus |
| Licensing Model | Per-Core Subscription (3-Year Term) |
| Minimum Processors per License | 2 cores |
| Hypervisor Type | Type-1 Bare-Metal |
| Supported CPU Architectures | Intel Xeon (3rd Gen Scalable and newer), AMD EPYC (7002 series and newer) |
| vCenter Server Included | Yes (Unlimited instances per subscription) |
| Maximum VMs per Host | Unlimited |
| Maximum vCPU per VM | 256 |
| Maximum Memory per VM | 16 TB |
| vMotion Support | Yes (cross-vCenter, zero-downtime live migration) |
| Storage Protocols Supported | VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, vSAN |
| vSAN ReadyNodes Support | Yes |
| NSX Integration | Advanced NSX-T (included) |
| Kubernetes Add-on | Native Kubernetes support for containerized workloads |
| Maximum Hosts per Cluster | 96 |
| DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) | Yes (fully featured) |
| HA (High Availability) | Yes (automatic failover, up to 8 failure tolerance) |
| Fault Tolerance | Yes (record-replay, zero RPO) |
| Support for ARM64 Workloads | Yes (via Kubernetes layer) |
| Term Length | 3 Years |