
Console operating system/service console.Once installed, it creates and runs its own microkernel consisting of 3 interfaces: ESXi runs directly on bare-metal server hardware-no pre-existing underlying operating system is required. Hypervisors allow for multiple operating systems to live on a single host with their own set of dedicated resources, so each guest OS appears to have CPU, memory, and other system resources dedicated to its own use. The suite functions as a cloud computing virtualization OS of sorts, proving a virtual operating platform to guest operating systems such as Windows, *nix, and so forth.Īt the heart of the vSphere suite is ESXi: the main hypervisor technology that makes hardware virtualization possible.

vSphere is VMware’s flagship virtualization suite consisting of a myriad of tools and services such as ESXi, vCenter Server, vSphere Client, VMFS, SDKs and more.

This industry-leading virtualization software provider needs little introduction, as its products and solutions have paved the way for a generation of virtualization technologies.
