The DVD Image (ISO) Installer is used to create a DVD version used to install on virtual machines or systems with a DVD drive. The entire hard drive will be overwritten, dual booting with another OS is not supported. New Configuration Maximums of vSphere 6.0: vSphere 6.0 Clusters now supports 64 Nodes and 8,000 VM’s (Which was 32 Nodes and 4,000 VM’s in vSphere 5.5) ESXi 6.0 host now supports support up to 480 physical CPUs and 12 TB RAM (which was 320 CPUs and 4 TB in vSphere 5. VMware vSphere is a popular hypervisor choice for organizations hoping to achieve some degree of virtualization. This is the preferred means of running pfSense software.
The USB memstick image is meant to be written to disc before use and includes an installer that installs pfSense software to the hard drive on your system. VMwares ESXi is available as a free download or as part of a paid package. If you purchased a Netgate product, refer to the product manual for your appliance to see which reinstall image you need. vSphere is the most popular virtualisation software in VMwares portfolio. The Netgate ADI image only supports a serial installation from memstick and does not come with VGA option. Table 6 contains configuration maximums related to ESXi host clusters and resource pools. The amd64 architecture (which works even on Intel 64-bit CPUs) can address more memory and may have other performance advantages, but requires a compatible CPU. The number of virtual CPUs depends on the number of logical CPUs on the host, and the type of guest operating system that is installed on the virtual machine. If you have a 64-bit capable CPU, use the amd64 version. Selected product version: The maximum number of virtual CPUs that you can assign to a virtual machine is 768. You can determine the files needed for your install by reading the rest of this page for guidance.