Operations Differences for various VMware Products and Components
Feature
|
5.5
|
5.1
|
5
|
4.1
|
4
|
HA Agent
|
FDM
|
FDM
|
FDM
|
AAM
|
AAM
|
HA
Algorithm
|
Master Slave
|
Master Slave
|
Master Slave
|
Primary Secondary
|
Primary Secondary
|
HA
Failure Detection
|
Management
Network
Storage Communication |
Management
Network
Storage Communication |
Management
Network
Storage Communication |
Management
Network
|
Management
Network
|
Host UEFI
Boot Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Storage
DRS Available
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
VMFS
Version
|
VMFS 5.X
|
VMFS 5.X
|
VMFS 5.X
|
VMFS 3.X
|
VMFS 3.X
|
vCenter
Linux Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
vSphere
Web Client
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
VM
Hardware Version
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
Multicore
vCPU Available
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
MAC OS
Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Auto
Deploy & Image Builder
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Windows 7
Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Windows
2008 Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Automatic
Failback Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
vSphere
Replication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
SRM in
Linked Mode
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Planned
Migration Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
vSphere
Distributed Switch Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|