VMware ESXi 7.0 U3l macOS Unlocker & OEM BIOS (Standard and Vendor Custom)
Provide standard version and Dell (Dell), HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Lenovo (Lenovo), Inspur (Inspur), Cisco (Cisco) custom version images
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2023-03-31, released ESXi 7.0U3l, **This version contains 59 function fixes and 2 security fixes (see "Update Notes" for details), which is a "major update". It is recommended that users running the 7.0 series update this version immediately . **For details, please visit the original link to view.
Feature overview
This version adds the following features to the original version:
- macOS Unlocker: Unlocker 4 from GitHub now supports macOS Monterey
- OEM BIOS: Use the community's most popular OEM BIOS/EFI64, now supports Windows Server 2022
- LegacyCPU support, which allows ESXi 7.0 to be installed on unsupported legacy CPUs
- The ESX-OSData volume size is changed to 4G to solve the problem that the default installation of ESXi 7.0 takes up too much disk space (more than 142GB)
- At the same time, provide customized images (sysin) of manufacturers such as Dell, HPE, and Lenovo
Run macOS Monterey directly
ESXi supports creating macOS virtual machines by default, but this feature is only enabled on Apple Mac hardware. This version unlocks support for macOS virtualization, and macOS virtual machines can be run directly on any non-Mac hardware.
⚠️ The macOS virtual machine is very different from the macOS experience on the Mac, it is only for experience. The only platform that unlocks the superior performance of macOS is a Mac with the Apple M chip.
Create a new virtual machine directly, select "Apple macOS 12 (64-bit)" as the operating system, and then install and start normally.
Running macOS Monterey 12.
Attached:
- macOS Big Sur bootable iso download: macOS Big Sur 11.7.3 (20G1116) Boot ISO original bootable image
- macOS Monterey bootable iso download: macOS Monterey 12.6.3 (21G419) Boot ISO original bootable image
VMware_Dell_2.6_BIOS-EFI
The latest OEM BIOS/EFIs from the community, now updated to support Windows Server 2022.
BIOS.440 & EFI64 - Dell 2.6 OEM BIOS: NT 6.0 (Vista/Server 2008), NT 6.1 (7/Server 2008 R2), NT 6.2 (Server 2012), NT 6.3 (Server 2012 R2), NT 10.0 (Server 2016/Server 2019/Server 2022)
附：Windows Server 2022 OVF, updated Jan 2023 (sysin)
Other OVFs: CentOS 8 x86_64 OVF (sysin) , Ubuntu 20.04 LTS x86_64 OVF (sysin) , for more information, please search for "OVF" on this site.
Support for older CPUs that are not officially supported
Modify the startup parameters, and it can be installed normally on servers with CPUs that are not officially supported.
According to VMware vSphere 7.0 Release Notes , the following CPUs are no longer supported (cannot install or upgrade ESXi 7.0)
Comparing the processors supported by vSphere 6.7, vSphere 7.0 no longer supports the following processors:
- Intel Family 6, Model = 2C (Westmere-EP)
- Intel Family 6, Model = 2F (Westmere-EX)
The author installs and runs well (sysin) on a server released in 2010: HP DL 380 G7, Intel® Xeon® CPU E5606
Note: This screenshot is version 7.0
ESX-OSData volume size modified to 4G
Starting with ESXi 7.0, the disk space requirements have changed:
- 8G SD card + 32G local disk
- 32G local disk
- 142G or larger local disk
Usually we install ESXi on a local disk with hundreds of GB or more, the system partition disk space will occupy more than 142GB, and the entire system partition (kernel parameter: systemMediaSize) requires 138GB and 4GB of free space, of which ESX-OSData volume is about 120GB of disk space is required, and there may be some waste in the case of tight disk space. After the modification, the problem of insufficient disk space can be solved for machines booted with 8G SD card (especially for personal experiments, without wasting too much storage capacity).
Figure: The new partition architecture in Sphere 7, only the system boot partition is fixed at 100 MB, and the rest of the partitions are dynamic, which means that the partition size will be determined according to the size of the boot media.
Beginning with vSphere 7.0 Update 1c, you can systemMediaSizelimit . If your system has a small footprint and does not require a maximum system storage size of 128 GB, you can limit it to a minimum of 32 GB. systemMediaSizeThe parameter accepts the following values:
- min (32 GB for single disk or embedded server)
- small (64 GB for servers with at least 512 GB of RAM)
- default（128 GB）
- max (consume all available space, for multi-terabyte servers)
Even if the setting value is min, the required storage capacity is still much larger than the previous version.
Both standard version and manufacturer customized version images are provided
The standard version and Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Inspur, and Cisco customized version image iso files are provided. The customized version integrates the driver of the corresponding manufacturer. It is recommended to use the product of this manufacturer first.
- Standard (Standard Edition)
- Dell Custom Edition
- HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Custom Edition
- Lenovo (Lenovo) Custom Edition
- Inspur (Inspur) customized version
- Cisco (Cisco) Customized Edition
For detailed information on the files, see the release pages of each version.
download link
ESXi 8.0 is released, visit :
VMware ESXi 7.0 U3l MacOS Unlocker & OEM BIOS (2023-03-31) :
**This version contains 59 functional fixes and 2 security fixes (see "Update Notes" for details), which is a "major update". It is recommended that users running the 7.0 series update this version immediately. **For details, please visit the original link to view.
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Standard (Standard Edition) : https://sysin.org/blog/vmware-esxi-7-u3-oem/
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Dell Custom Edition : https://sysin.org/blog/vmware-esxi-7-u3-oem/
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HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Custom Edition (ProLiant) : https://sysin.org/blog/vmware-esxi-7-u3-oem/
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Customized version of other manufacturers : if there is a new request, it can be updated, as long as the manufacturer has released any customized version of 7.0 U3, not limited to the current version.
Integrated driver version, please visit:
Official original, please visit:
For the previous version, please visit:
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