Xeon E5-2697 V4 and Xeon Gold 6430 processors have ESXi 7.0 U3 support. While Broadwell architecture support is visible on the Gold 6430 processor page, Sapphire Rapids support is not visible on the E5-2697 V4 processor page. Are these two processors suitable for EVC operation on ESXi 7.0 U3?
With EVC you define a common CPU feature set.
In your case the latest common EVC mode available for these two CPU models is "Intel® Broadwell Generation"
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