
Chapter 4 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in VMware ESXi Environments
VMware ESXi Support Information
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Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11S | • | VMware ESXi 5.0 or 5.1 | |
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| • | Single hard disk |
Note Multiple hard disk drives on a VM are not supported.
| • 8 GB virtual disk | |
| • The following virtual CPU configurations are supported: | |
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| – 1 virtual CPU, requiring 2.5 GB minimum of RAM |
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| – 2 virtual CPUs, requiring 2.5 GB minimum of RAM |
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| – 4 virtual CPUs, requiring 4 GB minimum of RAM |
| • 3 or more virtual network interface cards | |
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Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S | • | VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.1, or 5.5 |
| • | Single hard disk |
Note Multiple hard disk drives on a VM are not supported.
•8 GB virtual disk
•The following virtual CPU configurations are supported:
–1 virtual CPU, requiring 2.5 GB minimum of RAM
–2 virtual CPUs, requiring 2.5 GB minimum of RAM
–4 virtual CPUs, requiring 4 GB minimum of RAM
–8 virtual CPUs, requiring 4 GB minimum of RAM
•3 or more virtual network interface cards
Supported VMware Features and Operations
VMware supports various features and operations that allow you to manage your virtual applications and perform operations such as cloning, migration, shutdown and resume.
Some of these operations cause the runtime state of the VM to be saved and then restored upon restarting. If the runtime state includes
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The following VM features and operations are not supported in all versions of the Cisco CSR 1000V, but can still be used or performed on
•Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
•Fault Tolerance
•Resume
•Snapshot
Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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