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Chapter 8 Booting the Cisco CSR 1000V and Accessing the Console

Booting the Cisco CSR 1000V as the VM

Note The option to select the console port during the boot process is available only the first time the Cisco CSR 1000V boots. To change the console port access after the Cisco CSR 1000V has first booted, see the “Changing the Console Port Access After Installation” section on page 8-6.

The Cisco CSR 1000V starts the boot process.

Step 3 Telnet to the VM using the following command:

•telnet://esxi-host-ipaddress:portnumber or, from a UNIX xTerm terminal:

•telnet esxi-host-ipaddress portnumber

The following example shows the Cisco CSR 1000V initial boot output on the VM:

%IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_SRC: (rp/0): CD-ROM Boot

%IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_CDROM: (rp/0): Installing GRUB

%IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_CDROM: (rp/0): Copying super package vxeultra-adventerprisek9.2011-10-20_13.09.SSA.bin %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_CDROM: (rp/0): Creating /boot/grub/menu.lst %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_CDROM: (rp/0): CD-ROM Installation finished %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOT_CDROM: (rp/0): Ejecting CD-ROM tray

The system first calculates the SHA-1, which may take a few minutes.

Once the SHA-1 is calculated, the kernel is brought up. Once the initial installation process is complete, the .iso package file is removed from the virtual CD-ROM, and the VM is rebooted. This enables the Cisco CSR 1000V to boot normally off the virtual Hard Drive.

Note The system reboots during first-time installation only.

The time required for the Cisco CSR 1000V to boot may vary depending on the release and the hypervisor used.

Step 4 When the system is finished booting, the system presents a screen showing the main software image and the Golden Image, with an instruction that the highlighted entry is booted automatically in three seconds. Do not select the option for Golden Image and allow the main software image to boot.

Note The Cisco CSR 1000V does not include a ROMMON image similar to what is included in many Cisco hardware-based routers. During installation, a “backup” copy of the installed version is stored in a backup partition. This copy can be selected to boot from in case you upgraded your boot image, deleted the original boot image, or somehow corrupted your disk. Booting from the backup copy is equivalent to booting a different image from ROMMON.

For more information on changing the configuration register settings to access GRUB mode, see the “Accessing and Using GRUB Mode” section on page 11-1.

You can now enter the router configuration environment by entering the standard commands enable and then configure terminal. The following should be noted for the initial installation:

•When the Cisco CSR 1000V is booted for the first time, the router boots in evaluation mode and only limited throughput and feature support are available.

–To enable the features supported in your technology license, you must configure the license boot level command for your technology license level.

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