Cisco Systems CSR 1000V Installation Overview

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Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Installation Overview
•Introduction
•Obtaining the Cisco CSR 1000V Software
•Where to Go Next
Introduction
Cisco hardware routers are normally shipped with the Cisco IOS XE software pre-installed. Because the
Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router is not hardware-based, you must download the
Cisco IOS XE software from Cisco.com and install it directly onto the virtual machine. However, as part
of the initial installation process, you must first provision the attributes of the VM so that the
Cisco CSR 1000V software can install and boot.
Note This document does not provide procedures for deploying the Cisco CSR 1000V in an Amazon Web
Services environment. For more information, see the Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router
Deployment Guide for Amazon Web Services.
Figure 3-1 shows the high-level tasks required to install the Cisco CSR 1000V on the VM. The different
installation options are dependent on the hypervisor being used. See the following sections for more
information.