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    ESXi 7.0 requires a minimum of 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, and 32GB of storage. For best performance, a local disk of 128GB or larger is recommended, with support for at least 128TB written and 100MB/s sequential write speed. While SD/USB devices can be used for booting, a separate persistent storage device is recommended for non-boot partitions like /scratch.

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    ESXi System Storage Overview

    ESXi Hardware Requirements

     ESXi 7.0 requires a host with at least two CPU cores.


     ESXi 7.0 supports a broad range of multi-core of 64-bit x86 processors.
     ESXi 7.0 requires the NX/XD bit to be enabled for the CPU in the BIOS.
     ESXi 7.0 requires a minimum of 4 GB of physical RAM. Provide at least 8 GB of RAM to
    run virtual machines in typical production environments.
     To support 64-bit virtual machines, support for hardware virtualization (Intel VT-x or
    AMD RVI) must be enabled on x64 CPUs.
     One or more Gigabit or faster Ethernet controllers.
     ESXi 7.0 requires a boot disk of at least 32 GB of persistent storage such as HDD, SSD, or
    NVMe. Use USB, SD and non-USB flash media devices only for ESXi boot bank partitions.
    A boot device must not be shared between ESXi hosts.
     SCSI disk or a local, non-network, RAID LUN with unpartitioned space for the virtual
    machines.
     For Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-
    board SATA controllers. SATA disks are considered remote, not local. These disks are not used as
    a scratch partition by default because they are seen as remote.

    Storage Requirements for ESXi 7.0 Installation or Upgrade

    For best performance of an ESXi 7.0 installation, use a persistent storage device that is a


    minimum of 32 GB for boot devices. Upgrading to ESXi 7.0 requires a boot device that is a
    minimum of 4 GB. When booting from a local disk, SAN or iSCSI LUN, at least a 32 GB disk is
    required to allow for the creation of system storage volumes, which include a boot partition,
    boot banks, and a VMFS-L based ESX-OSData volume. The ESX-OSData volume takes on the role
    of the legacy /scratch partition, locker partition for VMware Tools, and core dump destination.

    Other options for best performance of an ESXi 7.0 installation are the following:

     A local disk of 128 GB or larger for optimal support of ESX-OSData. The disk contains the
    boot partition, ESX-OSData volume and a VMFS datastore.
     A device that supports the minimum of 128 terabytes written (TBW).
     A device that delivers at least 100 MB/s of sequential write speed.
     To provide resiliency in case of device failure, a RAID 1 mirrored device is
    recommended.

    Legacy SD and USB devices are supported with the following limitations:
     SD and USB devices are supported for boot bank partitions. For best performance, also
    provide a separate persistent local device with a minimum of 32 GB to store
    the /scratch and VMware Tools partitions of the ESX-OSData volume. The optimal
    capacity for persistent local devices is 128 GB. The use of SD and USB devices for storing
    ESX-OSData partitions is being deprecated.
     Starting with ESXi 7.0 Update 3, if the boot device is a USB or SD card with no local
    persistent storage, such as HDD, SSD, or a NVMe device, the VMware Tools partition is
    automatically created on the RAM disk. For more information, see Knowledge Base
    article 83376.
     If you assign the /scratch partition to a USB or SD card with no local persistent storage,
    you see warnings to prevent you from creating or configuring partitions other than the
    boot bank partitions on flash media devices. For best performance, set
    the /scratch partition on the RAM disk. You can also configure and move
    the /scratch partition to a SAN or NFS. For more information, see Knowledge Base
    article 1033696.
     You must use an SD flash device that is approved by the server vendor for the particular
    server model on which you want to install ESXi on an SD flash storage device. You can
    find a list of validated devices on partnerweb.vmware.com.
     See Knowledge Base article 85685 on updated guidance for SD card or USB-based
    environments.
     To choose a proper SD or USB boot device, see Knowledge Base article 82515.

    Supported Remote Management Server Models and Minimum Firmware Versions

    Remote Management Server Model Firmware Version Java


    Dell DRAC 7 1.30.30 (Build 43) 1.7.0_60-b19
    Dell DRAC 6 1.54 (Build 15), 1.70 (Build 21) 1.6.0_24
    Dell DRAC 5 1.0, 1.45, 1.51 1.6.0_20,1.6.0_203
    Dell DRAC 4 1.75 1.6.0_23
    HP ILO 1.81, 1.92 1.6.0_22, 1.6.0_23
    HP ILO 2 1.8, 1.81 1.6.0_20, 1.6.0_23
    HP ILO 3 1.28 1.7.0_60-b19
    HP ILO 4 1.13 1.7.0_60-b19
    IBM RSA 2 1.03, 1.2 1.6.0_22

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