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Chapter8 Booting the Cisco CSR 1000V and Accessing the Console
Accessing the Cisco CSR 1000V Console
Creating Serial Console Access in VMware ESXi
Perform the following steps using VMware VSphere. For more information, refer to the VMware
VSphere documentation.
Step1 Power-down the VM.
Step2 Select the VM and configure the virtual serial port settings.
a. Choose Edit Settings > Add.
b. Choose Device Type > Serial port.
Click Next.
c. Choose Select Port Type.
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Select the Connect via Network option.
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Click Next.
Step3 Choose the Select Network Backing option.
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Select the Server (VM listens for connection) option.
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Enter the Port URI using the following syntax:
telnet://esxi-host-ipaddress:portnumber
where portnumber is the port number for the virtual serial port.
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Under I/O mode, select the option to Yield CPU on poll.
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Click Next.
Step4 Power on the VM.
Step5 When the VM is powered on, access the virtual serial port console.
Step6 Configure the security settings for the virtual serial port.
a. Select the ESXi host for the virtual serial port.
b. Click the Configuration tab and click Security Profile.
c. In the Firewall section, click Properties, and then select the VM serial port connected over
Network value.
You can now access the Cisco IOS XE console using the Telnet port URI. When you configure the
virtual serial port, the CSR 1000V is no longer accessible from the VMware ESXi console. See the
“Opening a Telnet Session to the Cisco CSR 1000V Console on the Virtual Serial Port” section on
page 8-5.
Note To use these settings, the Serial Console option in the GRUB menu must have been selected
during the CiscoCSR 1000V bootup. If you have already installed the Cisco CSR 1000V
software using the VM console, you must configure the Cisco IOS XE platform console serial
command and reload the VM for the console access through the virtual serial port to work. See
the “Changing the Console Port Access After Installation” section on page 8-6.