This layer provides the idealized hardware environment and virtualization of underlying physical resources to the virtual machines. It includes the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), which is responsible for virtualization, and VMkernel.
A.
User interface
B.
Virtualization layer
C.
Hardware interface components
D.
Virtual Interface layer
Explanation:
This layer provides the idealized hardware environment and virtualization of underlying physical resources to the virtual machines. It includes the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), which is responsible for virtualization, and VMkernel.