SUMMARY
In the UEB Resource based licensing, what is a Socket license?
ISSUE
Socket or CPU Socket means a physical interface or connector that provides mechanical and electrical connections between a device (usually a microprocessor) and a printed circuit board (PCB) on an End User-owned or controlled computer or physical server, irrespective of make, size and processing capacity. In simple terms, it is the number of processors sockets that reside in the Host (hypervisor) of the protected virtual environment.
For example, CPU model i7-11800H uses 8 cores and 16 threads. If the CPU is used in the hardware which hosts the hypervisor, a UB deployed on this hypervisor would required a 16 socket UB license.