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vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client

Table 15‑1. ESXi Hosts and Compatible Virtual Machine Hardware Versions

Versio

n 11

Versio

n 10

Versio

n 9

Version

7 Version 4

Compatible with vCenter

Server Version

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

support

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit, run

Create, edit,

run

vCenter Server 5.5 and later

ESXi 5.1 Not

support

Not

support

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit, run

Create, edit,

run

vCenter Server 5.1 and later

ESXi 5.0 Not

support

Not

support

Not

support

Create,

edit,

run

Create,

edit, run

Create, edit,

run

vCenter Server 5.0 and later

ESX/ESXi 4.x Not

support

Not

support

Not

support

Not

support

Create,

edit, run

Create, edit,

run

vCenter Server 4.x and later

ESX/ESXi 3.x Not

support

Not

support

Not

support

Not

support

Not

supporte

Create, edit,

run

vCenter Server 3.5 and later

Virtual machine hardware versions earlier than hardware version 4 are not supported on ESXi 6.0 hosts. To

make full use of these virtual machines, upgrade the virtual hardware.

NOTE Virtual machine hardware versions 9, 10 and 11 features are limited to hardware version 8 and earlier

when connected to the ESXi host or vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client.

Locate the Hardware Version of a Virtual Machine in the vSphere

Client

You can locate the hardware version of a virtual machine by looking in the virtual machine Summary tab or

the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box. You can also locate the hardware version for multiple virtual

machines on the Virtual Machine tab of a datacenter, host, or cluster.

Procedure

1 In the vSphere Client inventory, select the virtual machine.

2 Select a method for viewing the version information.

Option Description

Click the Summary tab.

The virtual machine hardware version appears under General on the

virtual machine's Summary tab.

Right-click the virtual machine and

select Edit Settings.

The virtual machine hardware version appears in the upper-right corner of

the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box.

Select a datacenter, host, or cluster

and click the Virtual Machine tab.

The virtual machine hardware version appears in the VM Version column.

If the VM Version column is not displayed, right-click any column title and

select VM Version.

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