


The name ESX originated as an abbreviation of Elastic Sky X. ESX/ESXi is the primary component in the VMware Infrastructure software suite. ESXi replaces Service Console (a rudimentary operating system) with a more closely integrated OS. Īfter version 4.1 (released in 2010), VMware renamed ESX to ESXi. As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS) instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel. VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers.
