During instalation vSphere 7.0 Update 2 and later we can see new message for Haswell and Broadwell CPUs.
This is the warning message shown by the ESX installer:
CPU_SUPPORT_WARNING: The CPUs in this host may not be supported in future ESXi releases. Please plan accordingly.
Summary for warnings
- vSphere 7.0
- onwards for Intel Sandy Bridge, Intel Ivy Bridge-DT CPUs and AMD Bulldozer CPUs.
- Sphere 7.0 Update 2 and later
- onwards for Intel Haswell,Broadwell, Avoton CPUs and AMD Piledriver CPUs
I wish we could solve this in the future major release with – How to fix? The CPU in this host is not supported by ESXi 7.0.0. -> allowLegacyCPU=True
Table 1: VMware vSphere Planned Intel CPU Support Discontinuation List
| VCG CPU Series Name | CPU Info | Raw CPUIDs | Code Name |
| Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series | 6.2A | 0x000206A0 | Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge) |
| Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series | 6.2A | 0x000206A0 | Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge) |
| Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series | 6.2D | 0x000206D0 | SandyBridge-EP WS |
| Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series | 6.2D | 0x000206D0 | SandyBridge-EP 2S |
| Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series | 6.2D | 0x000206D0 | SandyBridge-EN |
| Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series | 6.2D | 0x000206D0 | SandyBridge-EP 4S |
| Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series | 6.2D | 0x000206D0 | SandyBridge-EN |
| Intel i7-3600-QE | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT |
| Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT |
| Intel i7-3500-LE/UE | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT |
| Intel i3-3200 Series | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT |
| Intel Pentium B925C | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT- Gladden |
| Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series | 6.3A | 0x000306A0 | IvyBridge-DT- Gladden |
| Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge EP |
| Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge EP |
| Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge-EN |
| Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge-EN |
| Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge-EP 4S |
| Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2 | 6.3E | 0x000306E0 | IvyBridge-EX |
| Intel i7-4700-EQ Series | 6.3C | 0x000306C0 | Haswell-DT |
| Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series | 6.3C | 0x000306C0 | Haswell-DT |
| Intel i5-4500-TE Series | 6.3C | 0x000306C0 | Haswell-DT |
| Intel i3-4300 Series | 6.3C | 0x000306C0 | Haswell-DT |
| Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Haswell-EP |
| Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Haswell-EP |
| Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Haswell-EN |
| Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Haswell-EN |
| Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Haswell-EP |
| Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series | 6.3F | 0x000306F0 | Intel Haswell-EX |
| Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series | 6.47 | 0x00040670 | Broadwell-DT |
| Intel Core i7-5700EQ | 6.47 | 0x00040670 | Broadwell-H |
| Intel Atom C2700 Series | 6.4D | 0x000406D0 | Intel Avoton 8c |
| Intel Atom C2300 Series | 6.4D | 0x000406D0 | Intel Avoton 2c |
| Intel Atom C2500 Series | 6.4D | 0x000406D0 | Intel Avoton 4c |
Table 2: VMware vSphere Planned AMD CPU Support Discontinuation List
| VCG CPU Series Name | CPU Info | Raw CPUIDs | Code Name |
| AMD Opteron 6200 Series | 15.01 | 0x00600F10 | Interlagos BullDozer G34 |
| AMD Opteron 4200 Series | 15.01 | 0x00600F10 | Valencia BullDozer C32 |
| AMD Opteron 3200 Series | 15.01 | 0x00600F10 | Zurich AM3 |
| AMD Opteron 4300 Series | 15.02 | 0x00600F20 | Piledriver-C32 (seoul) |
| AMD Opteron 3300 Series | 15.02 | 0x00600F20 | Piledriver-AM3 (Dehli) |
| AMD Opteron 6300 Series | 15.02 | 0x00600F20 | PileDriver-G34 (Abu Dhabi) |
| AMD Opteron X2250 Series | 15.30 | 0x00630F00 | Steamroller-Berlin |
| AMD Opteron X1250 Series | 15.30 | 0x00630F00 | Steamroller-Berlin |
| AMD Opteron X1100 Series | 16.00 | 0x00700F00 | Kyoto |
| AMD Opteron X2100 Series | 16.00 | 0x00700F00 | Kyoto |
Links:
- How to fix? The CPU in this host is not supported by ESXi 7.0.0. -> allowLegacyCPU=True
- Updated Plan for CPU Support Discontinuation In Future Major vSphere Releases (82794)
