ESXi hosts and compatible virtual machine hardware versions

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on supported and compatible virtual machine hardware versions in VMware vSphere.

Environment

VMware vSphere 5.x
VMware vSphere 6.x
VMware vSphere 7.x
VMware vSphere 8.x

VMware vSphere 9.x

Resolution

ESXi hosts and compatible virtual machine hardware versions are listed in this table.

Note: Virtual machine hardware version 12 is not present as it is only applicable to VMware personal desktop products Fusion/Workstation/Player.

 

 

General Support Version

	Compatible with vCenter Server version and ESXi version
	vCenter Server 9.0	vCenter Server 8.0	vCenter Server 8.0	vCenter Server 7.0	vCenter Server 7.0	vCenter Server 7.0
Hardware version	ESX 9.0	ESXi 8.0 U2/U3	ESXi 8.0 and U1	ESXi 7.0U2/U3	ESXi 7.0U1	ESXi 7.0
Version 22	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 21	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 20	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 19	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 18	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported
Version 17	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run
Version 7-11,13-15	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run
Version 4	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run

 

End of General Support Version

	Compatible with vCenter Server version and ESXi version
	vCenter Server 6.7 U2	vCenter Server 6.7	vCenter Server 6.5	vCenter Server 6.0	vCenter Server 5.5	vCenter Server 5.1	vCenter Server 5.0
Hardware version	ESXi 6.7 U2+	ESXi 6.7	ESXi 6.5	ESXi 6.0	ESXi 5.5	ESXi 5.1	ESXi 5.0
Version 15	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 14	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 13	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 11	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 10	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported	Not Supported
Version 9	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Not Supported
Version 8	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run
Version 7	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run
Version 4	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run	Create, Edit, Run

 

For more information, see:

• Virtual Machine Compatibility section in the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide.
• Virtual machine hardware versions 
• Hardware Features Available with Virtual Machine Compatibility Settings

Additional Information

For translated versions of this article, see:

• 日本語: ESXi/ESX ホストおよび互換性のある仮想マシンのハードウェア バージョンのリスト

Virtual machine hardware versions