ESXi 6.5 remains a staple for many legacy home labs and enterprise environments with older hardware that cannot support newer versions like vSphere 7.0 or 8.0. However, finding an official has become increasingly complex following VMware's acquisition by Broadcom and the official end of support for the 6.x line. The Current State of ESXi 6.5 Support
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