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                                VMware ESXi 5.0

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Copyright (c) 1998-2012 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is
protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws.
VMware software products are protected by one or more U.S. Patent Numbers
D617,808, D617,809, D617,810, D617,811, 6,075,938, 6,397,242, 6,496,847,
6,704,925, 6,711,672, 6,725,289, 6,735,601, 6,785,886, 6,789,156, 6,795,966,
6,880,022, 6,883,095, 6,940,980, 6,944,699, 6,961,806, 6,961,941, 6,970,562,
7,017,041, 7,055,032, 7,065,642, 7,069,413, 7,069,435, 7,082,598, 7,089,377,
7,111,086, 7,111,145, 7,117,481, 7,149,310, 7,149,843, 7,155,558, 7,222,221,
7,260,815, 7,260,820, 7,269,683, 7,275,136, 7,277,998, 7,277,999, 7,278,030,
7,281,102, 7,290,253, 7,343,599, 7,356,679, 7,386,720, 7,409,487, 7,412,492,
7,412,702, 7,424,710, 7,428,636, 7,433,951, 7,434,002, 7,447,854, 7,447,903,
7,467,067, 7,475,002, 7,478,173, 7,478,180, 7,478,218, 7,478,388, 7,484,208,
7,487,313, 7,487,314, 7,490,216, 7,500,048, 7,506,122, 7,516,453, 7,529,897,
7,543,301, 7,555,747, 7,565,527, 7,571,471, 7,577,722, 7,581,064, 7,590,715,
7,590,982, 7,594,111, 7,596,594, 7,596,697, 7,599,493, 7,603,704, 7,606,868,
7,620,523, 7,620,766, 7,620,955, 7,624,240, 7,630,493, 7,636,831, 7,657,659,
7,657,937, 7,665,088, 7,672,814, 7,680,919, 7,689,986, 7,693,996, 7,694,101,
7,702,843, 7,707,185, 7,707,285, 7,707,578, 7,716,446, 7,734,045, 7,734,911,
7,734,912, 7,735,136, 7,743,389, 7,761,917, 7,765,543, 7,774,391, 7,779,091,
7,783,779, 7,783,838, 7,793,279, 7,797,748, 7,801,703, 7,802,000, 7,802,248,
7,805,676, 7,814,495, 7,823,145, 7,831,661, 7,831,739, 7,831,761, 7,831,773,
7,840,790, 7,840,839, 7,840,993, 7,844,954, 7,849,098, 7,853,744, 7,853,960,
7,856,419, 7,856,531, 7,856,637, 7,865,663, 7,869,967, 7,886,127, 7,886,148,
7,886,346, 7,890,754, 7,895,437, 7,908,646, 7,912,951, 7,921,197, 7,925,850,
7,933,981, 7,934,017, 7,934,020, 7,941,401, 7,941,470, 7,941,827, 7,945,436,
7,945,761, 7,945,908, 7,945,958, 7,958,558, 7,962,647; 7,966,315; 7,966,615,
7,970,938, 7,971,015, 7,971,047, 7,971,182, 7,975,165, 7,984,254, 7,984,264,
7,984,304, 8,001,083, 8,001,322, 8,005,787, 8,006,043, 8,010,667, 8,010,701,
8,013,859, 8,015,388, 8,015,367, 8,019,861, 8,024,506, 8,024,779, 8,028,071,
8,037,032, 8,037,227, 8,037,280, 8,046,468, 8,056,076, 8,060,342, 8,060,722,
8,060,875, 8,060,877, 8,060,883, 8,069,250, 8,074,045, 8,086,822; 8,095,525,
8,095,929, 8,095,931, 8,099,607, 8,099,568, patents pending.


VMware, the VMware "boxes" logo and design, Virtual SMP and VMotion are registered
trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other
jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks
of their respective companies.

This document provides information about the files stored on this CD-ROM and
points you to additional resources on the VMware Web site.

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PRODUCT VERSION
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This CD-ROM contains VMware ESXi version 5.0 software.

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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL) SOURCE FILES
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To the extent any open source components are licensed under the GPL and/or LGPL,
or other similar licenses that require the source code and/or modifications to
source code to be made available (as would be noted above), you may obtain a
copy of the source code corresponding to the binaries for such open source
components and modifications thereto, if any, (the Source Files), by downloading
the Source Files from VMware's website at

http://www.vmware.com/download/open_source.html

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ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
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Before installing ESXi, read the Installation and Upgrade Guide on the web site
for important information on the installation process and licensing. You can find
this guide and other crucial documentation on ESXi at:

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pubs.html

Release Notes for this product contain a summary of things you should keep in
mind when installing and upgrading to ESXi 5.0.

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