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Chapter4 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in VMware ESXi Environments
VMware ESXi Support Information
OVF Creation Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
An OVF package captures the state of a virtual machine into
a self-contained package. The disk files are stored in a
compressed, sparse format. You can create the OVF file by
exporting it to your local computer.
OVA Creation Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
Single file (OVA) to package the OVF template into a single
.ova file. This enables distributing the OVF package as a
single file if it needs to be explicitly downloaded from a
website or moved around using a USB key.
Table4-5 Supported VMware Features and Operations: Networking Features
Supported Entities
First Supported
CiscoCSR 1000V
Release Description
Custom MAC address Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
From both vCenter Server and vSphere Client. Allows you
to set up the MAC address manually for a virtual network
adapter.
Distributed VSwitch Cisco IOS XE Release
3.9S
From vCenter Server only. A vSphere distributed switch on
a vCenter Server data center can handle networking traffic
for all associated hosts on the data center.
Distributed Resources Scheduler Cisco IOS XE Release
3.10S
Provides automatic load balancing across hosts.
NIC Load Balancing Cisco IOS XE Re lease
3.9S
From both vCenter Server and vSphere Client. Load
balancing and failover policies allow you to determine how
network traffic is distributed between adapters and how to
reroute traffic if an adapter fails.
Table4-4 Supported VMware Features and Operations: Operations (for Both vCenter Server and vSphere Client)
Supported Entities
First Supported
CiscoCSR 1000V
Release Description