Apply NCI Standard licensing to supported virtual-machine-based deployments serving edge sites and federal mission-critical environments. The entitlement is measured per VM, making the licensed quantity dependent on the number of virtual machine instances that require this NCI service level. Software support services are included with the license. This license fits environments where NCI capabilities are assigned to distinct virtualized network-management workloads rather than acquired as a physical appliance. The per-VM metric matters when a deployment distributes management functions across multiple virtual machines, including separate instances used for edge locations or mission-critical operations. Count each applicable VM before selecting license quantity. E3A-NCI-E-STR-FM identifies the NCI Standard entitlement for the stated edge-site and federal mission-critical scope. It is a software license, not network hardware, and does not add ports, optics, appliances, or physical mounting equipment. Use it where the required service level is NCI Standard and the licensed deployment metric is virtual machines.