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Chapter4 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in VMware ESXi Environments
VMware ESXi Support Information
•Suspend
See the following table for more information.
Table4-3 Supported VMware Features and Operations: General Features (for vCenter Server Only)
Supported Entities
First Supported
CiscoCSR 1000V
Release Description
Cloning Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S1
1. This release is a Controlled Availability release limited to selected customers only.
Enables cloning a virtual machine or template, or cloning a
virtual machine to a template.
Migrating Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
The entire state of the virtual machine as well as its
configuration file, if necessary, is moved to the new host
even while the data storage remains in the same location on
shared storage.
vMotion Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Enables moving the VM from one physical server to another
while the VM remains active.
Template Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Uses templates to create new virtual machines by cloning the
template as a virtual machine.
Table4-4 Supported VMware Features and Operations: Operations (for Both vCenter Server and vSphere Client)
Supported Entities
First Supported
CiscoCSR 1000V
Release Description
Power On Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Powers on the virtual machine and boots the guest operating
system if the guest operating system is installed.
Power Off Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Stops the virtual machine until it is powered back. The
power off option performs a “hard” power off, which is
analogous to pulling the power cable on a physical machine
and always works.
Shut Down Not supported. Shut Down, or “soft” power off, leverages VMware Tools to
perform a graceful shutdown of a guest operating system. In
certain situations, such as when VMware Tools is not
installed or the guest operating system is hung, shut down
might not succeed and using the Power off option is
necessary.
Suspend Not supported Suspends the virtual machine.
Reset/Restart Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Stops the virtual machine and restarts (reboots) it.