GUI Create hardware profile

Field	Value
Family	Select a family to classify the hardware profile. The family can help users understand the main purpose of hardware profile
Type	Select a type to classify the hardware profile. The type can help users understand the performance specifications of hardware profile
Name	Enter a unique name for the hardware profile. Identify it to users who will select it for their VMs.
CPU	The number of virtual CPUs to assign to VMs using this hardware profile. The combination of CPU and RAM must be unique in the datacenter. For dynamic hardware profiles this is the default value.
Cores per socket	The number of cores per socket to use for supported hypervisors such as VMware. The number of CPUs must be divisible by this value. For dynamic hardware profiles this is the default value.
RAM	The amount of virtual RAM to assign to VMs using this hardware profile. The combination of CPU and RAM must be unique in the datacenter. Select RAM units of MB, GB or TB. For dynamic hardware profiles, this is the default value.
Dynamic	To allow the user to enter CPU and/or RAM values, select the Dynamic option/s. Pricing and billing of dynamic hardware profiles will include cost codes, and CPU and RAM usage pricing.
Cost code	For pricing and billing, select a cost code for the hardware profile. See Pricing View#Create a new cost code
Active	Select this checkbox to activate or deactivate the hardware profile Troubleshooting The platform will only display active hardware profiles to make available to an enterprise but inactive hardware profiles may be shown if they were previously selected when active. The platform will only display active hardware profiles for selecting the recommended profiles for a template. Users can only work with active hardware profiles.
Current generation	Select this checkbox to mark that the hardware profile is compatible with current VM templates