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System Requirements
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Systems running vCenter Server and ESXi instances must meet specific hardware and operating system
requirements.
If you are using Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts, see also
“Preparing for vSphere Auto Deploy,” on
page 167.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“ESXi Hardware Requirements,” on page 13
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“Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server, the vSphere Web Client, vCenter Inventory Service, and
vCenter Single Sign-On,” on page 17
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“vCenter Server Software Requirements,” on page 22
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“vSphere Web Client Software Requirements,” on page 22
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“Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging,” on page 23
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“Required Ports for vCenter Server,” on page 23
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“Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance,” on page 25
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“Conflict Between vCenter Server and IIS for Port 80,” on page 26
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“DNS Requirements for vSphere,” on page 26
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“Supported Remote Management Server Models and Minimum Firmware Versions,” on page 27
ESXi Hardware Requirements
Make sure the host meets the minimum hardware configurations supported by ESXi 5.5.
Hardware and System Resources
To install and use ESXi 5.5, your hardware and system resources must meet the following requirements:
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Supported server platform. For a list of supported platforms, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility .
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ESXi 5.5 will install and run only on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.
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ESXi 5.5 requires a host machine with at least two cores.
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ESXi 5.5 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions.
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ESXi 5.5 requires the NX/XD bit to be enabled for the CPU in the BIOS.
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ESXi supports a broad range of x64 multicore processors. For a complete list of supported processors,
see the VMware compatibility guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility .
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