A customized version of VMware called vSphere 6 Hypervisor for Embedded OEMs assists hardware manufacturers in integrating VMware bare metal hypervisor into their products this makes IT infrastructure management and server virtualization easier.

No, advanced features such as High Availability, vMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) are not available with the OEM embedded version these require an upgrade to a higher VMware license.

As a Type 1 hypervisor, ESXi operates exclusively on system hardware and does not require an operating system. Because Type 1 hypervisors operate directly on hardware, they are also known as bare-metal hypervisors on a physical server. Hypervisors facilitate the effective operation of numerous virtual machines.

Key features include:

• Bare-metal virtualization: Directly virtualizes server hardware, enabling the consolidation of applications.
• Memory and storage optimization: Supports memory overcommitment and efficient storage allocation to optimize resource use.
• Driver hardening: Ensures reliable performance by integrating with hardware vendor drivers​.