HCL and VMware ESXi Support Intel NUCs are not supported by VMware and not listed in the HCL. Not supported means that you can't open Service Requests with VMware when you have a problem. It does not state that it won't work. Some components used in the NUC are listed in the IO Devices HCL. Currently, no ESXi version runs out of the box. The ne1000 driver needs to be replaced. Refer to the Install
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