ESXi and SGX - platform not supported

[stakys]

Info:

ESXi version:

7.0.0

ESXi build number:

16324942

Tried to enable SGX for the VM, but when powered get the message:

```

State

Failed - Software Guard Extensions (SGX) cannot be enabled for this virtual machine because it is not supported by the platform.

Errors

Software Guard Extensions (SGX) cannot be enabled for this virtual machine because it is not supported by the platform.

Module 'SGXEarly' power on failed.

Failed to start the virtual machine.

```

SGX in BIOS is enabled and if installed naked OS on bare-metal SGX driver on Linux and all functions works fine. 

[vmrale · Accepted solution]

Hi,

look at this article: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-vsgx-secure-enclaves.html.

You have to meet all the requirements to use SGX. I list some others below than these you already mentioned

- Intel Coffee Lake CPU or later (HT must be disabled on certain models)

- vHardware 17 or later

- VM must be powered off before you enable this feature

- a special kernel module for Linux published by Intel must be loaded and it is available only for a few distributions.

[ggratias]

is vmware workstation 16 pro support sgx?