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Intel Bare Metal server certified profiles on Classic infrastructure for SAP NetWeaver

Intel Bare Metal server certified profiles on Classic infrastructure for SAP NetWeaver

Profiles list

The published names are subject to change.

The following is an overview of the SAP-certified profiles with Intel Bare Metal:

SAP NetWeaver servers
Profile CPU Cores CPU Threads (aka. vCPU) Memory (RAM GB) SAPS
BI.S3.NW32 4 8 32 GB 11,970
BI.S3.NW64 4 8 64 GB 12,750
BI.S3.NW192 36 72 192 GB 78,850
BI.S3.NW384 36 72 384 GB 79,430
BI.S3.NW768 36 72 768 GB 79,630
BI.S4.NW192 32 64 192 GB 82,470
BI.S4.NW384 32 64 384 GB 85,130
BI.S4.NW384_v3 16 32 384 GB 60,420
BI.S4.NW768 40 80 768 GB 112,830
BI.S4.NW768_v2 48 96 768 GB 124,620
BI.S4.NW768_v3 16 32 768 GB 60,420
BI.S4.NW1500 56 112 1.5 TB 147,220
BI.S4.NW3000 56 112 3 TB 135,127

See also SAP Note 2414097 - SAP Applications on IBM Cloud Classic Infrastructure environment.

Understanding Bare Metal profile names

The Bare Metal profile names are contextual and sequential, below uses an SAP NetWeaver certified server as an example:

Profile naming for SAP NetWeaver
Profile name Naming convention component What it means
BI.S3.NW384 BI IBM Cloud Infrastructure
S3 Series 3 (processor generation)
  • S3 is Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake
  • S4 is Intel Cascade Lake
NW NetWeaver-certified server
384 384 GB RAM

Profiles available on Hourly Consumption Billing

The following Bare Metal servers are available on Hourly Consumption Billing:

  • BI.S3.NW32 (OS Options)
  • BI.S4.NW192 (OS Options)
  • BI.S4.NW384 (OS Options)
  • BI.S4.NW768 (OS Options)