CPU Technical minimum: single socket with two cores. Recommended minimum: dual socket with four or more cores per CPU Memory Technical minimum: 4 GB Recommended minimum: 8 GB or more Network Technical minimum: single 1 GbE network adapter Recommended minimum: dual 1 GbE network adapters Local Storage (SATA/SAS) Technical minimum: Single 4 GB drive Recommended minimum: redundant drives   Shared Storage NFS, iSCSI or Fibre Channel for virtual machine storage   Specifications Number of cores per physical CPU: No limit Number of physical CPUs per host: No limit Number of logical CPUs per host: 480 Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: 8  Operating system support: Industry leader of supported operating systems.