VMware SDDC certified profiles for SAP NetWeaver
Profiles list
The following tables provide an overview of the SAP-certified profiles with either:
- Intel Bare Metal and VMware vSphere (ESXi), manual VMware setup and configuration
- IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Dedicated, automated VMware SDDC setup and configuration
Profiles hosted on Intel Cascade Lake CPU
| Profile | CPU Cores | CPU Threads (also known as. vCPU) | Memory (RAM GiB) | SAPS (after VMware hypervisor 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI.S3.NW192 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 192 GB | 70,965 |
| BI.S3.NW384 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 384 GB | 71,487 |
| BI.S3.NW768 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 768 GB | 71,667 |
| BI.S4.NW192 (VMware) | 32 | 64 | 192 GB | 74,223 |
| BI.S4.NW384 (VMware) | 32 | 64 | 384 GB | 76,617 |
| BI.S4.NW768 (VMware) | 40 | 80 | 768 GB | 101,547 |
| BI.S4.NW1500 (VMware) | 56 | 112 | 1536 GB | 132,498 |
| BI.S4.NW3000 (VMware) | 56 | 112 | 3072 GB | 121,614 |
Profiles hosted on Intel Sapphire Rapids CPU
| Profile | CPU Cores | CPU Threads (also known as. vCPU) | Memory (RAM GiB) | SAPS / aSAPS⁽¹⁾ (after VMware hypervisor 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI.S5.NW256 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 256 GB | 119,367 / 22,770 |
| BI.S5.NW512 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 512 GB | 115,875 / 22,140 |
| BI.S5.NW1024 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 1,024 GB | 113,328 / 22,140 |
⁽¹⁾: aSAPS is the metric that is derived from the SAP quote-to-cash (Q2C) Benchmark.
Understanding Bare Metal profile names
The Bare Metal profile names are contextual and sequential, below uses an SAP HANA certified server as an example:
| Profile name | Naming convention component | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| BI.S3.NW768 | BI | IBM Cloud Infrastructure |
| S4 |
Series 4 (CPU generation)
|
|
| NW | SAP application server (NetWeaver) certified server | |
GiB RAM (rounded, exact RAM amount is in the table) |