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Related or additional products
11 related topics
Architecture
6 related topics
Known limitations
5 related topics
Versions
3 related topics
Key facts & relationships
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- Developer
- VMware (Broadcom)
- License
- Proprietary
- Platform
- IA-32 (x86-32) (discontinued in 4.0 onwards), x86-64, ARM
- Release
- March 23, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-03-23)
- Stable release
- 8.0 Update 3g (Build 24859861) / July 29, 2025; 12 months ago (2025-07-29)
- Type
- Native hypervisor (type 1)
Topics to explore
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Overview
- Enterprise-class Enterprise software
- Type-1 hypervisors Native hypervisor
- VMware
- Broadcom
- Serving Server (computing)
- Virtual computers Hardware virtualization
- Software application
- Operating system
- Kernel Kernel (operating system)
- VMware Infrastructure
- Software suite
Architecture
- Bare metal
- Linux kernel
- Microkernel
- Hardware compatibility list
- GPL GNU General Public License
- Blue screen of death
Versions
Related or additional products
- Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus switches
- Nexus 1000v
- NX-OS
- CLI Command-line interface
- LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol
- API Application programming interface
- Veeam Software
- HP OpenView
- Quest Software
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Dell
Known limitations
- High availability
- CPU core Multi-core processor
- Paravirtualization
- Virtual Machine Interface Virtual Machine Interface?action=edit&redlink=1
- Full virtualization
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.VMware ESX
Nodes42
Edges41
Triples95
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1
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VMware ESX
Top relations
related to Related or additional products · 29
VMware ESX → After ESX, Client, Converter, Distributed Resource Scheduler, DRS, Enhanced, ESX, ESX/ESXi, ESXi, Fault Tolerance, FT, GSX, HA, High Availability, Importer, In, P2V Assistant, Server, Shared Storage LUNs, Storage
related to Third-party management tools · 14
VMware ESX → An, Because VMware ESX, Bridgeways ESX, Dell, Dell's OpenManage, ESX, Examples, Hardware, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP OpenView, Quest Software, SCOM, Using Microsoft Operations Manager, Veeam Software
related to Architecture · 11
VMware ESX → At, Console OS, ESX, ESXi, In, It, Linux, Linux-based, The, The Linux, VMware
see also · 9
VMware ESX → Comparison, Free, Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine, MicrosoftVirtual, Open-Source, Proxmox Server Solutions GmbHHyper-V, Technique, Virtual Environment, VMFSx86
related to Service console · 8
VMware ESX → Both, Console Operating System, ESX, ESXi, In, Service Console, The Service Console, VMware
related to Versions · 5
VMware ESX → ESX, ESXi, Historic ESX, These Microsoft, Windows
related to External links · 4
VMware ESX → Build Number HistoryVMware ESXI, Image For HPE Servers, Release, VMware ESXi
related to Known limitations · 4
VMware ESX → As, September, U1, VMware ESXi
Developer · 1
VMware ESX → VMware (Broadcom)
License · 1
VMware ESX → Proprietary
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
esx vmware esxi virtual operating system console kernel products version used linux historic hardware service vmkernel server management infrastructure virtualization
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware ESX | Developer | VMware (Broadcom) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | Platform | IA-32 (x86-32) (discontinued in 4.0 onwards), x86-64, ARM | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | Release | March 23, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-03-23) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | Stable release | 8.0 Update 3g (Build 24859861) / July 29, 2025; 12 months ago (2025-07-29) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | Type | Native hypervisor (type 1) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | Website | www.vmware.com/products/esxi-and-esx.html | 1.00 | infobox |
| VMware ESX | is a | leader in the server-virtualization market | 0.90 | text |
| routing based on physical NIC load | instance of | one is that the Cisco switch generally has full support for network technologies such as LACP link aggregation or that the VMware switch supports new features | 0.80 | text |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | instance of | 2007/2012 with a Bridgeways ESX management pack gives the user a realtime ESX datacenter health view.Hardware vendors | 0.80 | text |
| Dell include tools to support the use of ESX | instance of | 2007/2012 with a Bridgeways ESX management pack gives the user a realtime ESX datacenter health view.Hardware vendors | 0.80 | text |
| VMware ESX | related to Architecture | ESX | 0.60 | section |
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