--- title: "ESXi" slug: "esxi-12-2" tags: ["Portal", "8.3"] status: "update" updated: 2026-08-02T06:33:48Z published: 2026-08-02T06:33:51Z canonical: "kb.ctera.com/esxi-12-2" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ESXi ## General Requirements For general requirements, see [Planning, General and Port Requirements](/v1/docs/planning-general-and-port-requirements-3#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.