At least VMware is going to 32 cores as Microsoft licensing is at 16 cores (see ).I hope, my query is clear that can we allocate only 1 CPU/core to the new instance. I want to put up another RHEL instance but my query is that can we allocate only 1 CPU/core for the new instance. We have 2 RHEL instances on VMware now each having 4 CPUs/cores each. We have a production setup where we have RHEL instances on VMware.CPU Series: Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series: System Type: Blade: Number of Sockets: 2: Max Cores per Socket: 24 : Model Release Details.Additional iSCSI network configuration possibilities. For more information on vVols please visit. This LUN is not directly provisioned, it is the Protocol Endpoint for vVols and is used with the VASA provider to setup the IO path for each vVol. If it is a vVols LUN, it may have a 512B, 1MB, of 1GB size, it varies between vendors.No subscription period but no free upgrades once the support and maintenance ends. PERPETUAL LICENSING – User owns the license. FREE – Licenses that is free to use for existing and new VMWare customers. PER VIRTUAL CORE – see ‘PER VIRTUAL MACHINE’. PER PHYSICAL CORE – see ‘PER PROCESSOR’.