Henry:
I believe that you have a case on this as well grara06 owns it,
Since this is a broader question, I am changing to a discussion. With APM 9.6 and later, we no longer specify hardware models whether for Virtual or physical environments. You can look at the compatibility guide and the install guide for your release for the minimum and recommended requirements supported There is also some guidance on virtual environments as well there.
Thanks
Hal German