Difference between ESX and ESXi
ESX 4.1 is the last version availability of ESX server.
Capability
|
ESX
|
ESXi
|
|---|---|---|
Service Console
|
Present
|
Removed
|
Troubleshooting performed via
|
Service Console
|
ESXi Shell
|
Active Director Authentication
|
Enabled
|
Enabled
|
Secure Syslog
|
Not Supported
|
Supported
|
Management Network
|
Service Console Interface
|
VMKernel Interface
|
Jumbo Frames
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
Hardware Montioring
|
3 rd Party agents installed in Service console
|
Via CIM Providers
|
Boot from SAN
|
Supported in ESX
|
Supported in ESXi
|
Software patches and updates
|
Needed as smilar to linux operation system
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Few pacthes because of small footprint and more secure
|
vSphere web Access
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Only experimental
|
Full managenet capability via vSPhere web client
|
Locked Down Mode
|
Not present
|
Present . Lockdown mode prevents remote users to login to the host
|
Scripted Installtion
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
vMA Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Major Administration command-line Command
|
esxcfg-
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esxcli
|
Rapid deployment via Auto Deploy
|
Not supported
|
Supported
|
Custom Image creation
|
Not supported
|
Supported
|
VMkernel Network Used for
|
vMotion,Fault Tolarance,Stoarge Connectivity
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Management Network , vMotion, Fault Tolarance, Stoarge Connectivity, ISCSI port binding
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