---
title: "ESXi"
slug: "esxi-12-2-1"
tags: ["Portal"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-08-02T06:31:40Z
published: 2026-08-02T06:33:20Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/esxi-12-2-1"
---

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# ESXi

## General Requirements

For general requirements, see [Planning, General and Port Requirements](/v1/docs/planning-general-and-port-requirements#general-requirements).

## Specific Requirements

The portal installation requires VMware ESXi 7.x or later.

The portal can be managed in VMware vCenter and in VMware vCloud Director and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.