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Step-by-Step Guide to Installing VMware ESXi on Bare Metal
This guide walks through installing VMware ESXi, a Type-1 hypervisor, directly on physical server hardware. It covers hardware compatibility checks, creating a bootable USB installer, and post-installation network configuration. The article also notes licensing changes since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware.
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Useful for homelabbers and sysadmins, but the guide's value is limited by VMware's shifting licensing terms under Broadcom.
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