The standalone NSX Edge appliance is a virtual appliance that can be implemented with VMware Cloud Provider Program customers that have not yet adopted VMware NSX in their on-premises data center. There is no additional charge or licensing for the standalone NSX Edge. The standalone NSX Edge appliance is configured during deployment, and is deployed after the configuration of the L2VPN service because it depends on details used during the configuration of the L2VPN server on the NSX Edge at the VMware Cloud Provider’s site.