# _lab
- k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 8:53 PMTechnically you can’t install vSphere on whitebox HW and sell it unless you’re an OEM. - u
user
11/02/2017, 8:55 PM@Kees Baggerman But you can install it yourself & use in production ? - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 8:56 PMnope - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 8:56 PMfor production you have to have licensed software - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 8:56 PMor buy from one of the oem partners - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:12 PM@Jarian Gibson The point is w vSphere, the option exists to buy software + your own hardware. You dont have that option w AHV, you have to buy the "appliance" - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 9:12 PMYes you do from supported vendors - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 9:13 PMDell, Lenovo, hp, Cisco, supermicro, etc - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 9:13 PMCisco and hp are software examples - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:14 PMYou can't buy the software separate from the hardware, can you? - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 9:14 PMI will defer to @Kees Baggerman because I think you can with hp & Cisco - j
Jarian Gibson
11/02/2017, 9:15 PMI don’t do sales so don’t want to miss speak - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:15 PMOr ‘meet in the field deals’, software only already happens - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:15 PM@User you can definitely buy the software separately from the HW - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:16 PMWith Hyper-V, XS, ESXi, KVM...you can buy software & go "roll" your own HW - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:16 PMThere is the Nutanix ELA option where you can start with HW manufacture A, then move the license to B then to C - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:17 PMAs a side note: KVM and ‘roll’, not something you hear on a daily basis - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:17 PMlol - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:17 PM@Kees Baggerman "roll"..just a figure of speech, just generalizing - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:18 PMWhat is Nutanix ELA? - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:18 PMI know, it just made me smile - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:18 PMEnterprise License Agreement - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:19 PMBasically it’s software only with bring your own hardware - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:19 PMAny hardware or is there a limited HCL? - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:20 PMLimited aka strict - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:20 PMAn HCL is always limiting, I wouldn’t call it limited ;-) - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:20 PMHah, same thoughts - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:21 PMThere’s a HCL - u
user
11/02/2017, 9:22 PMHCL link? I assume it's public info? - k
Kees Baggerman
11/02/2017, 9:24 PMJust like Jarian I’m not in sales but I’m pretty sure this is on our partner/customer portal