I'm guessing it will work, but Rockwell uses VMWare. In fact, from what I can tell, VMWare is more or less the industry standard. Next, in a very distant second, seems like it is VirtualBox.
Now, "everyone uses it" isn't in and of itself a good argument. However, the fact that everyone uses it will give you a certain confidence that it will work. If something doesn't, you will be more likely to find a solution. Industrial automation software is buggy, so add as many unknowns as possible, use VMWare.
I'm confidant with VirtualBox as that is what we use. Just about every issue goes through me. Just about every issue that can be attributed to VirtualBox would be USB or networking related. USB in VBox is goofy, networking issues just understanding bridged and NAT options.