SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver Support for vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 on Intel Xeon 6 CPUs with P-core Systems

Broadcom is pleased to announce SAP support for VMware vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 virtual machines running SAP HANA 2.0 and SAP NetWeaver–based applications on Intel Xeon Processors, including Intel’s latest generation Intel Xeon 6 with P-cores processors. See SAP note 3663150 for details. SAP HANA Support Supported SAP HANA VM Configurations on Intel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids-SP, 2-socket host): Migration Guidance SAP NetWeaver Support What’s Planned Next References: Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog Related Articles VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 69 - Beyond vRA + NSX: Delivering Cloud-Native Networking with VCF 9 Virtual Private Clouds SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver Support for vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 on Intel Xeon 6 CPUs with P-core Systems VCF Breakroom Chats | Episode 70: Simplifying Private Cloud with Fleet Management and Lifecycle Management vSphere support in VCF 9 for SAP HANA 2.0 includes support for: Intel Xeon 6 with P-cores processors (Granite Rapids) Intel 5 th Gen Xeon Processor (Emerald Rapids) Intel 3 rd Gen Xeon Processor (Icelake) with SAP HANA VM standard configurations up to 4 TiB of memory and up to 344 vCPUs. EMR with workload based sizing up to 6 TiB of memory. Validation for 2nd Gen Xeon ( Cascade Lake, Cooper Lake ) and 4 th Gen Xeon ( Sapphire Rapids) processors supporting up to 16 TB and 960 vCPUs is currently in progress. Support for these Intel processors will be added later to SAP note 3663150 – SAP HANA on vSphere in VCF 9. *Estimated vaSAPS incorporate a maximal 10% virtualization overhead and are based on benchmark 2025064. Definition of aSAPS. Support for Intel Xeon 6 with P-Cores with vSphere 8 was released at the end of September 2025 (see SAP note 3372365 ), enabling seamless migration from vSphere 8 environments to vSphere in VMware Cloud and vSphere Foundation 9. The Intel Xeon 6 platform, with its support for up to 86 cores per socket and increased memory capacity and VCF 9, is an ideal choice for migrating existing virtualized or bare-metal SAP HANA systems from older SAP appliance hardware using CPU generations, such as Cascade Lake, which typically offered 0.75–1 TB per CPU, without the need for re-sizing or significant effort. For example, a previous 4 -socket server running 2 nd Gen Intel Xeon (Cascade or Cooper Lake) 4 TB SAP HANA systems, can get migrated onto a 2 -socket 4 TB Intel Xeon 6 system without resizing required. The benefits of migrating and consolidating existing virtualized or bare-metal SAP HANA systems are clear: Reduced energy consumption Simplified architecture and operation Reduced downtime by leveraging enhanced vSphere features like vMotion or VMware HA Optimized total cost of ownership (TCO) Basic Migration Steps Verify SAP HANA VM sizing and select the appropriate Granite Rapids server configuration to avoid oversizing.