System Requirements (NLS)

For optimal performance, your Network Licence Server (NLS) should meet the recommended system requirements described here:

Windows System Requirements for LM-X Network Licence Server (NLS)
Processor	1.2GHz minimum (2 Cores recommended)
Memory	2GB
Disk Space	2GB free disk space
Network Interface Card	Ethernet network configuration
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows Windows 10 Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Communications Protocol	TCP/IP Note: MLS uses TCP packet types
Network Ports	as above
Virtualization Support	VMWare ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 (Licence Manager only) All Windows operating systems listed above Citrix® XenApp™ 8 All Windows operating systems listed above Citrix XenDesktop™ 8 All Windows operating systems listed above Microsoft Hyper-V 2019, Windows 10 Pro Windows Server 2019 Windows 10 Windows 7 SP1 VMWare Workstation 15.x Windows 10 Windows 7 SP1 Parallels Desktop 15.0 Windows 10 Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (AWS)
	Virtual Machine is required to support VM-GenerationID, and NLS must have sufficient privileges to obtain the VM-GenerationID from the server.
	It is recommended that VM’s are locked to a specific node/host as license activation will lock the license to hardware associated to the host.