@battybishop wrote:Secure boot does not require a TPM module and is part of the UEFI firmware standard.
Check out this VMware doc link
UEFI Secure Boot for ESXi Hosts (vmware.com)
Thanks Rob, I read that very article, but it wasn't clear from the TPM reference, if it was optional or required, or where it stores the private key if a TPM chip isn't present. I couldn't really find that documented anywhere.
Thanks for confirming my suspicions though 
