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Nutanix SMB software licenses

The Lenovo Converged HX 2000 Series appliances for SMB arrive from the factory with the XPRESS Nutanix software license. This license lasts for six years from the date of manufacture and does not require registration at the Nutanix customer Web site. The Nutanix customer Web site contains information about the license types and expiration dates.

When you add additional nodes, regenerate and reinstall the license file into the cluster. To retrieve, install, and manage your cluster licenses, refer to the “License Management” section in the Prism Web Console Guide. To obtain the Prism Web Console Guide, see Nutanix documentation.

The following tables list features of the XPRESS license.
Table 1. Core infrastructure service features
Core infrastructure service featuresXPRESS
Maximum cluster size4 nodes
Maximum number of clusters2
Online cluster grow and shrink√
Data tiering√
VM flash mode (pinning)√
Table 2. Space efficiency features
Space efficiency featuresXPRESS
Inline compression√
Post-process compression√
Inline deduplication√
Post-process deduplication√
Table 3. Infrastructure resilience features
Infrastructure resilience featuresXPRESS
Data path redundancy√
Tunable redundancy factor2
Table 4. Data protection features
Data protection featuresXPRESS
Time stream snapshots√
VM-Centric snapshots and clones√
VSS integration√
Cloud connect√
1-1 replication and disaster recovery√
Bi-directional replication and disaster recovery√
Metro availability√
Table 5. Management and analytics features
Management and analytics featuresXPRESS
Single site cluster management√
Multi-site cluster management2 sites
PulseHD remote monitoring√
Cluster health√
One-click upgrades√
Table 6. Virtualization features
Virtualization featuresXPRESS
ESXi and Hyper-V support√
Built-in Acropolis hypervisor√
VM operations√
Host profiles√
Virtual network configuration√
VM intelligent placement√
VM high availability√