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Data Center Expert | What virtualization environments are supported?

Issue:
What virtualization environments are supported for the Data Center Expert virtual appliance?

Product Line:
StruxureWare Data Center Expert (DCE)
StruxureWare Central (SWC)

Environment:
StruxureWare Data Center Expert (all versions)
StruxureWare Central (v7.0.0)

Resolution:

The most recent information on supported virtualization platforms can be found within the EcoStruxure IT Help Center at:
https://dcimsupport.ecostruxureit.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039289653-Data-Center-Expert-Virtual-Appliance

The full-featured demo of the virtual appliance monitors up to five device nodes and one surveillance node. You can purchase a license key to upgrade to a production version to monitor additional device nodes and activate supported applications, or to migrate from a server hardware version to a virtual appliance.

NOTE:

The Data Center Expert server is available as a virtual appliance, supported on VMware ESXi 6.7 or newer, and, in DCE 8.1.1 and newer, supported on Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2019 and 2022.

The full-featured demo of the virtual appliance monitors up to five device nodes and one surveillance node.

You can purchase a license key to upgrade to a production version to monitor additional device nodes and activate supported applications, or to migrate from a server hardware version to a virtual appliance.

Note: In Data Center Expert 8.1.0 and newer, the Data Center Expert Virtual Appliance OVA is built on VMware ESXi 6.7. Only E1000E and VMXNET3 network adapters are supported.

VMware ESXi 4.1.0 was used as the reference virtualization platform in previous versions and during the development of the Data Center Expert 7.2.x virtual appliance, and is the first supported virtualization platform.

Although the DCE VM may function properly on any virtualization platform that supports these formats or has an appropriate converter utility, only VMware ESXi and on-premises Hyper-V have been tested and are supported.