ESXi EVC

[amor123]

hello

I want to configure the cluster.

Do I have to configure evc?

cpu

Platinum 8168 2.70Ghz

Platinum 8180 2.50Ghz

or is vmotion possible without evc?

[GayathriS · Accepted solution]

EVC allows you to migrate virtual machines between different generations of CPUs.

EVC-enabled cluster only allows CPUs from a single vendor in the cluster. VirtualCenter and vCenter Server do not allow you to add a host from a different CPU vendor into an EVC-enabled cluster.

This article provides complete details about EVC :

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005764

Please mark this as "correct" or " Helpfull" if this answers your query.

regards

Gayathri

[amor123]

Is it possible to disable evc mode because it is the same 8100 cpu generation?

cpu

Platinum 8168 2.70Ghz

Platinum 8180 2.50Ghz

[GayathriS]

EVC is used only when you have different generations of CPUs..

regards

Gayathri

[ThompsG]

Since they are both from the family and generation then you don’t require EVC to vMotion between them. Having said that it’s probaby still a good idea to enable so that if you add additional hosts in the future, they can easily be added to the cluster.

Kind regards.