2 Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center• Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage• Use vSphere Client to access and manage your vCenter Server system and ESXi host• Compare virtual machine hardware version 14 to other versions• Identify the virtual network adapters, and describe the enhanced VMXNET3• Compare the types of virtual disk provisioning• Install and configure ESXi host settings• Identify the advantages of ESXi Quick Boot