Hi,
if you want to check the state of the TPM chip use the esxcli command line interface:
Connect to the ESXi via console or ssh
~ # esxcli hardware trustedboot get
Or use powercli
PS D:\> (Get-EsxCli -VMHost myhost.mydomain.org -V2).Hardware.trustedboot.get.invoke() DrtmEnabled TpmPresent ----------- ---------- false false
Michael