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HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) is a network-management platform for discovering devices, monitoring performance, handling faults, and managing configurations across HPE and supported third-party infrastructure. It follows the Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) model, giving operations teams a central view of wired and wireless networks.
Choosing HPE Intelligent Management software starts with the platform edition, managed-device count, and any specialist modules. Separate base-platform capacity from traffic-analysis, wireless, and availability requirements before requesting a quotation. This product belongs to our HPE software licensing portfolio.
- Platform editions: Standard and Enterprise.
- Base capacity: 50 managed devices in each edition.
- Expansion: Additional platform-node licenses and module-specific entitlements.
- Deployment: Server-based software with release-specific operating-system and database requirements.
- Quote inputs: Edition, release, current rights, target device count, modules, and support requirements.
Request IMC Pricing: Send your current configuration and required management capacity for an itemized quotation.
Send your IMC edition, managed-device count, and required modules for a tailored HPE quotation.
Which IMC Edition or Expansion Do You Need?
| Your Requirement | Option to Evaluate | Confirm Before Ordering |
|---|---|---|
| Central network management | IMC Standard | 50-device base capacity, supported equipment, release, and required modules |
| Platform with bundled traffic and wireless management | IMC Enterprise | 50 platform devices, 5 NTA nodes, and WSM with 50 AP nodes; size each allowance separately |
| Manage more infrastructure devices | Additional 50-node platform license | Existing capacity, target count, and expansion compatibility |
| Analyze additional traffic sources | NTA module capacity | Required monitored nodes and applicable module entitlement |
| Provide management-system resilience | IMC High Availability software | Supported topology, infrastructure dependencies, and licensing scope |
Enterprise includes the eAPI library, Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and Wireless Services Manager (WSM) with the stated allowances. Additional platform nodes do not automatically increase every module’s capacity.
How IMC Capacity Is Counted
The platform is sized by managed devices, described as nodes in its ordering information. Build an inventory of the infrastructure IMC will manage, then check device support and counting rules for the proposed release.
Module metrics differ: wireless AP capacity and NTA nodes are separate from platform-device capacity. An organization may have sufficient platform rights while still needing an expansion for a specialist function.
HPE Intelligent Management Part Numbers and Ordering Guide
| License | Part Number | Ordering Scope |
|---|---|---|
| IMC Standard platform | JG747AAE | 50 managed devices; electronic license |
| IMC Enterprise platform | JG748AAE | 50 managed devices with the documented bundled module allowances |
| Standard/Enterprise platform expansion | JG749AAE | Additional 50 platform nodes |
| NTA expansion | JG751AAE | Additional 5 NTA nodes; confirm prerequisites |
| High Availability software | JG771AAE | HA entitlement; validate deployment requirements |
These are documented HPE ordering references. Confirm regional availability, compatibility, entitlement conditions, and any replacement ordering codes before purchase. Request software and support as clearly identified quotation items.
Example: Planning for 180 Managed Devices
Starting with a 50-device base license, three additional 50-node packs provide 200 platform nodes. That leaves capacity for 20 more devices. This calculation assumes compatible additive entitlements and does not increase NTA or wireless allowances; size those separately.
Prepare These Details Before Ordering
Provide the installed edition and release, current license status, managed-device inventory, target capacity, and required modules. Include deployment identifiers for an existing system, plus support and availability requirements.
Pricing & Quote
Public reference prices checked November 2, 2026: HPE’s US storefront displayed reseller offers of approximately USD 3,430 for Standard with 50 nodes, USD 5,794 for Enterprise with 50 nodes, and USD 2,516 for an additional 50-node pack.
These are public marketplace reference offers, not GoLicense prices or a complete deployment cost. Regional availability, taxes, support, modules, and implementation can change the total. Financing amounts shown on storefronts should not be interpreted as software subscription terms.
For an accurate proposal, specify new installation or expansion, edition, capacity, modules, and support scope. Review our How to Buy guide for the quotation process.
Buying, Delivery and Activation
1. Confirm Edition and Capacity
Approve the base platform, node expansions, module rights, compatibility, and support. Confirm that the installation matches the edition being supplied.
2. Record the Installation Identity
HPE’s documented IMC 7.2/7.3 workflow uses the installation serial number shown through Activate on the login page. Record the correct target identity before license redemption.
3. Redeem and Check the License File
Follow the applicable HPE entitlement instructions to obtain the license file for the target installation. Confirm delivery method and timeframe in the quotation, then check edition and capacity against the order.
4. Import and Validate
For the documented workflow, select Activate now, import the license file, and restart IMC processes through Deployment Monitoring Agent as instructed. Plan the service interruption. HA deployments require their own procedure.
After services recover, verify license status and capacity. Check discovery, polling, alarms, and the functions purchased. Follow the guide for your exact release rather than assuming all activation screens are identical.
Restricted Networks and Deployment Preparation
File-based activation does not establish every requirement for an isolated deployment. Confirm the entitlement-redemption route, permitted file transfer, update process, and support access before ordering.
Validate server resources, database compatibility, device credentials, SNMP settings, and required management connectivity. Use the target release’s installation guide; older QuickSpecs operating-system lists should not determine a new deployment.
Before You Order: Prerequisites and Common Mistakes
Pre-Order Checklist
- Confirm the installed IMC edition, software release, installation serial number, and existing entitlements.
- Count managed platform devices, NTA nodes, and wireless AP requirements separately.
- Validate supported device models, server resources, operating system, and database compatibility for the target release.
- Check prerequisites for each additional module and the proposed high-availability design.
- Confirm license delivery, redemption responsibilities, support coverage, and any rehosting requirements.
- Prepare backups, a maintenance window, and post-activation checks for services, polling, alarms, and purchased modules.
Common Buying and Activation Issues
Redeeming against the wrong installation: Record the serial number displayed by the target IMC installation before redemption. Confirm it matches the installation for which the license file is requested.
Confusing platform and module capacity: An additional platform-node pack does not automatically increase NTA or wireless capacity. Calculate each entitlement separately before approving the order.
Ordering an expansion without its prerequisites: Check that the required base platform or module is installed and correctly licensed. Confirm compatibility with the existing edition and release.
Overlooking compatibility and service interruption: Validate the target release’s operating-system and database requirements. Schedule the documented IMC process restart and check service recovery afterward.
Assuming rights transfer automatically: Confirm rehosting and licensing requirements before moving IMC to another server or changing its high-availability design.
Planning an IMC installation or expansion? Send your requirements for a quotation.