This is now included as version 2.5.1, which shows a largely revised layout. Update for host clientįor several generations now, ESXi is no longer managed via a native Windows GUI but via the web-based host client. Newer versions clash with the legacy network adapter of the VM, for which only generation 1 is allowed. You can also run ESXi on Hyper-V, but only up to ESXi 6.0. This conflict can be remedied by temporarily disabling Hyper-V with bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off Microsoft's hypervisor is required for the various functions of virtualization-based security. If this runs on Windows, then its ability for nested virtualization is increasingly curtailed by the presence of Hyper-V. Instead of ESXi, you can also use VMware Workstation as a hypervisor. For this purpose, VMware's William Lam offers a pre-installed appliance, which is already available for version 8.0. Installing ESXi in a VM allows a complete vSphere environment to be set up on one machine, typically for demos and evaluation.Ī common setup combines a bare-metal ESXi with ESXi as a guest OS running in VMs. The company now recommends that customers use such a drive when upgrading to ESXi 8.0. VMware had already advised against such a configuration for version 7.0 and recommended the use of an SSD, at least for the OSData partition. Starting from version 1.11, it is compatible with ESXi 8.0.ĮSXi 8.0 is also the last version to allow installation of the hypervisor on a USB stick or SD card. In ESXi 8.0, this Community Networking Driver is now part of the product.Īnother network driver for USB NICs, which was also intended for non-production use, remains available as Fling. This had to be integrated into the installation media as a VIB.
VMware did not support them in the past but allowed their use by providing a so-called Fling. In lab environments, network adapters from Intel with e1000, I220, I221, I225, and I226 chipsets are quite popular. However, VMware will not support such a configuration. According to the VMware Compatibility Guide, the requirements for version 8.0 are identical to those for ESXi 7.0 Update 3.Īs with its predecessor, you can add the boot option allowLegac圜PU=trueĭuring setup (press SHIFT+O), and the hypervisor will be installed on older systems, for example, for a home lab. Hardware requirementsĮSXi 7.0 excludes a number of older CPUs and supports the latest generations of processors this also applies to the newest incarnation.
The only differences are in the number of possible iSCSI paths (up from 128 to 2048) and RDMA NVMe namespaces, which have increased from 32 to 256 per server. ESXi 8.0 and its predecessor have the same maximum values in almost all areas
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