ESXi Servers without Serial Number

Hannah20
Tera Contributor

After enabling the venter discovery, we get several ESX class servers whose serial number is empty.

They have some common facts:

1. Serial number is empty

2. model id: VMware VMware Mobility Platform

3. os contains "VMware ESXi"

 

Regarding to how to manage those devices like hardware devices or virtual, I had some research. But I can't find all the answers. Can anyone help?

 

1. The device with "VMware Mobility Platform" should be a feature from "VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX)".  Is this correct?

2. If it is an HCX, it doesn't look like a physical box which has ESXi OS installed. Although its OS is "ESXi", just like the physical devices, is it appropriate to classify them as a ESX server whose "Is Virtual" is false?

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Abbas_5
Tera Sage
Tera Sage

Hello @Hannah20,

Please refer to the link below:
https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-forum/discovering-standalone-esx-servers/m-p/977349

 

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Thanks & Regards,
Abbas Shaik