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Comparing capacity pools and capacity tiers licensing

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The following table compares the two production licensing models supported by ONTAP Select.

Capacity tiers Capacity pools

License serial number

Nine digits generated by NetApp and assigned to a node

Nine digits generated by NetApp and assigned to a capacity pool

License lock

Locked to ONTAP Select node

Locked to License Manager instance

License duration

Perpetual (no renewal required)

Fixed duration based on purchase (renewed required)

Lease duration for data aggregate

Not applicable

One hour to seven days

Node serial number

Nine digits and equal to license serial number

Twenty digits and generated by License Manager

Support

Add-on and time-limited

Included and co-termed

License types

Standard, premium, premium XL

Standard, premium, premium XL

Evaluation license available

Yes

Yes

Evaluation to production upgrade

Yes

No

ONTAP Select virtual machine resize (small to medium, medium to large)

Yes

Yes

Enforcement: license expired

N/A

Yes (no grace period)