When planning your VMware environment for ONTAP Select, several hardware requirements and planning considerations must be taken into account. The physical hypervisor host where ONTAP Select is deploye...When planning your VMware environment for ONTAP Select, several hardware requirements and planning considerations must be taken into account. The physical hypervisor host where ONTAP Select is deployed must meet several hardware requirements. Any platform can be chosen for the hypervisor host, provided it meets the minimum hardware requirements. For more detailed information on supported Intel Xeon processors : Intel Xeon processors for Server (see Intel Xeon Processors for more information)