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VMware ESXi 6.7 reached its End of General Support on October 15, 2022. Technical guidance is no longer provided unless you have a specific Extended Support contract. However, it is still widely used for home labs, legacy appliances, and offline environments.

I need specific drivers (e.g., for a Realtek NIC or older RAID card). Solution: You cannot add drivers to the free ISO easily. Look for community-built ISOs like "ESXi-Customizer" or use "William Lam's ESXi offline bundle repository" to build a custom ISO with third-party VIBs.

The search results populated. He bypassed the official Broadcom links—the new owners had turned the download portal into a labyrinth of bureaucracy—and found a mirror he trusted. He clicked the link. The progress bar appeared.

Downloading: VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0-8169922.x86_64.iso

Accept the EULA (F11), select your destination drive, and set a root password .

Minimum 32 GB of local storage space to allow for proper scratch partition creation. Step-by-Step Guide: How to Download ESXi 6.7

Option A: The Official Broadcom Support Portal (Enterprise Users) Navigate to the .