VMware Virtual Machine Hardware and Compatibility




VMware enhances the Hardware versions on the Virtual Machines with most of their updates. This table below helps us understand the ESXi\ESX Versions that are in Market together with vCenter Server Level and their compatibility with different Virtual Machine Hardware Versions. There are lot of fixes and enhancements in every Hardware Level. In this post, I am not focussing more of the features available in each Hardware Levels.
ESXi/ESX version
Hardware version
Compatible with vCenter Server version
Version 11
Version 10
Version 9
Version 8
Version 7
Version 4
ESXi 6.0
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 6.0
ESXi 5.5
Not Supported
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 5.5
ESXi 5.1
Not Supported
Not Supported
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 5.1
ESXi 5.0
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 5.0
ESXi/ESX 4.x
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Create, Edit, Run
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 4.x
ESX 3.x
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Create, Edit, Run
vCenter Server 2.x and later

Data: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2007240

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