VMware maintains a list of hardware devices, which are compatible with the hypervisor. VMware products also implement many features and support countless technologies. Naturally, none of that is geared toward home use but towards high paying customers utilizing big specialized storage devices, fast network, expensive server grade hardware, etc. So if you are finding yourself in a situation where you are trying to setup such an infrastructure on a relatively simple home grade machine, expect to be doing a lot of hacking and using unsupported features.