Therefore, to make sure your system operates smoothly, you should use a server with an Intel NIC (PX60, PX91, DX151 etc.).
#VMWARE FREE VERSION ESXI UPDATE#
#VMWARE FREE VERSION ESXI SOFTWARE#
Go to the Configuration tab, the Software section, and then choose Licensed functions in the menu. You can enter the license via the vSphere Client.You can do this by registering on the VMware website: If you want to use the OS for the long term, you need to get a separate (free) license. Please check out the Installation Guide for further information on installing ESXi.Īfter installation, the system has a test license which expires after 60 days. The installation and configuration of ESXi takes about 20-30 minutes, even without any prior knowledge.To use a subnet, you need to set up an additional single IP as a router VM.Therefore, you can only use a true bridged setup. VMware vSphere Hypervisor is an operating system designed for pure virtualization and supports neither NAT nor routing.The free version of ESXi (starting with 5.5) supports a maximum of 4 TB RAM (formerly 32 GB RAM).Software RAID is not supported by ESXi.VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.x and 6.0 (ESXi) use a filesystem called vmfs5 (formerly vmfs3), which uses GPT and supports drive sizes of up to 64 TiB (formerly 2 TiB).Created on General information Hardware.