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VMware ESXi

VMware's Type 1 bare-metal hypervisor, the foundation of VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation.

Definition

ESXi has a small footprint and is managed through vCenter, the Host Client or esxcli. It uses VMFS or NFS datastores, vSAN or vVols for storage and standard or distributed switches for networking. VMware is part of Broadcom, and vSphere is now sold primarily as VCF and VVF subscriptions.

Example

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get lists VMkernel IP addresses on an ESXi host.

Exam tip

ESXi is the hypervisor; vCenter is the management server; vSphere is the overall suite.

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