What Does VMware ESXi Server Mean?
VMware ESXi Server is a bare metal (Type-1 ) hypervisor that was developed for vSphere, VMware’s server virtualization and container-based application development software. A hypervisor can be thought of as an operating system that allows multiple virtual machines, virtual appliances and containers to run efficiently on the same physical server.
Techopedia Explains VMware ESXi Server
VMware Inc. developed ESXi as a bare-metal embedded hypervisor, which means it runs directly on server hardware and does not require the installation of an additional underlying operating system. The virtualization software creates and runs its own kernel, which is run after a Linux kernel bootstraps the hardware. The resulting service is a microkernel, which has three interfaces:
