What tools can I use to help determine the required PVU entitlements?
If you already know the processor model, you can just refer to the PVU Table. If you only know the server vendor and server model number, you can refer to the Guide to Identifying your Processor Technology. This guide shows the processor core families and the PVU assignments for the most popular servers commonly sold today. This guide is not intended to replace or substitute for the PVU Table, which is the official source of PVU per Core requirements for servers. It is intended to provide guidance when you know the server model, but you do not know the processor technology. The Processor Value Unit calculator tool will help you compute the correct number of PVUs after asking you a series of questions.
