VMware vSphere 5.5 introduces many new features and
enhancements to further extend the core capabilities of the virtualization
platform.
vSphere ESXi Hypervisor Enhancements
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Hot-Pluggable SSD PCI Express (PCIe) Devices
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Support for Reliable Memory Technology
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Enhancements for CPU C-States
Virtual Machine Enhancements
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Virtual Machine Compatibility with VMware ESXi™
5.5
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Expanded vGPU Support
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Graphic Acceleration for Linux Guests
VMware vCenter Server Enhancements
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VMware® vCenter™ Single Sign-On
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VMware vSphere Web Client
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VMware vCenter Server Appliance™
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vSphere App HA
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vSphere HA and VMware vSphere Distributed
Resource Scheduler™ (vSphere DRS)
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Virtual Machine–Virtual Machine Affinity Rules
Enhancements
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vSphere Big Data Extensions
vSphere Storage Enhancements
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Support for 62TB VMDK
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MSCS Updates
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vSphere 5.1 Feature Updates
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16GB E2E support
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PDL AutoRemove
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vSphere Replication Interoperability
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vSphere Replication Multi-Point-in-Time Snapshot
Retention
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vSphere Flash Read Cache
vSphere Networking Enhancements
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Link Aggregation Control Protocol Enhancements
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Traffic Filtering
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Quality of Service Tagging
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SR-IOV Enhancements
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Enhanced Host-Level Packet Capture
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40GB NIC support
