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Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter1 Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Overview
Management Support
Management Support
The Cisco CSR 1000V supports the following management options:
•Managing the Router Using Cisco Configuration Professional
•Managing the Router Using the Cisco CSR 1000V REST API
•Managing the Router Using Cisco Prime Network Services Controller

Managing the Router Using Cisco Configuration Professional

Beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S, the Cisco CSR 1000V supports managing the router using
Cisco Configuration Professional. The minimum version required is Cisco Configuration
Professional2.8. For more information, see the Cisco Configuration Professional documentation.

Managing the Router Using the Cisco CSR 1000V REST API

Beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10S, the Cisco CSR 1000V provides a REST API as an
alternative method of managing the router. The following requirements apply to the Cisco CSR 1000V
REST API:
•The Cisco CSR 1000V REST API supports only selected features and technologies compared to the
Cisco IOS XE command-line interface.
Note The Cisco CSR 1000V currently does not support IPv6 for the REST API.
•The Cisco CSR 1000V REST API is supported over HTTPS only.
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In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10S, you must enable HTTPS support.
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Beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11S, HTTPS support is enabled by default.
•The Cisco CSR 1000V Amazon Machine Image (AMI) does not support management of the router
using the REST API.
For more information about configuring the router to support management using the REST API, see the
“Configuring Support for Management Using the REST API” section on page 14-1. For more
information about using the Cisco CSR 1000V REST API, see the Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud
Services Router REST API Management Reference Guide.

Managing the Router Using Cisco Prime Network Services Controller

Beginning with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11S, you can use the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller
to provision, manage, and monitor the Cisco CSR 1000V. Cisco Prime Network Services Controller can
be used to streamline configuration when you are provisioning and managing many Cisco CSR 1000V
VMs.
If deploying the Cisco CSR 1000V on ESXi, support for remote management using PNSC can be
configured while deploying the OVA template. If deploying the Cisco CSR 1000V on other hypervisors,
or if launching the Cisco CSR 1000V on an AWS instance, the PNSC configuration settings are
performed using the Cisco IOS CLI.