Assign Cisco E3A-NME-STR-FM to Network Configuration Manager deployments that run in a virtual machine. The entitlement uses a per-VM licensing metric and is scoped for edge sites and federal mission-critical environments. It is a software license and software-support-services offering rather than a switch, appliance, or other physical network component. The per-VM structure applies where network configuration management is deployed as a virtual workload. Edge-site deployments can use this licensing approach for management instances placed outside a central data center. The federal mission-critical designation identifies the support-services context associated with environments that require that coverage classification. This option combines three specific elements: an NCM software license, a per-VM entitlement metric, and software support services. Those details distinguish it from physical Cisco networking hardware and from software entitlements measured by other licensing units. Confirm the virtual-machine count and the required support scope when aligning the entitlement with the management workload it will cover.