VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 (per-core subscription)

VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 is Broadcom's core enterprise hypervisor platform, delivered under a per-core subscription licensing model that aligns compute entitlements directly to physical processor cores. Built on the ESXi 9.0 hypervisor, the platform provides hardware abstraction, compute virtualization, and resource pooling for x86-based server infrastructure, enabling organizations to consolidate physical workloads onto shared hardware pools with full isolation guarantees. vSphere Foundation serves as the foundational tier of Broadcom's 2025-era vSphere portfolio, positioned below VMware Cloud Foundation while retaining the full ESXi and vCenter Server management stack.

vSphere Foundation 9.0 incorporates vCenter Server for centralized lifecycle and configuration management of ESXi host clusters, along with vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for automated workload balancing, vSphere High Availability (HA) for rapid VM restart on host failure, and vSphere vMotion for live, zero-downtime migration of running virtual machines between hosts. The subscription model includes access to ongoing platform updates and new feature releases within the licensed major version term, replacing the perpetual-plus-SnS commercial structure previously associated with vSphere.

vSphere Foundation 9.0 targets enterprise data center operators requiring a scalable, operationally mature virtualization substrate for general-purpose server consolidation, business-critical application hosting, and hybrid cloud integration. The per-core unit of measure scales linearly with physical host capacity, making it suitable for environments ranging from single-cluster deployments to large multi-site data centers. Supported guest operating systems span the major enterprise Linux distributions, Microsoft Windows Server, and a broad range of commercial application stacks, maintaining compatibility with the established vSphere ecosystem of third-party management, backup, and security tooling.

Ideal for

• Physical-to-virtual server consolidation across enterprise data center environments to reduce hardware sprawl and improve compute utilization
• Hosting of business-critical application tiers—including ERP, database, and middleware workloads—requiring high availability and live migration capabilities
• Foundation layer for hybrid cloud architectures, enabling consistent operational tooling between on-premises vSphere clusters and VMware-compatible cloud endpoints
• Development and test environment virtualization, allowing rapid VM provisioning, snapshotting, and teardown on shared physical infrastructure
• Regulated-industry workloads requiring VM-level isolation, role-based access control, and auditable configuration management through vCenter Server
• Edge and remote-office server virtualization where a supported, centrally managed hypervisor platform is required on standard x86 hardware

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.