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Chapter4 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in VMware ESXi Environments
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000V OVA Template to the VM
-m | -memory MB Enters the amount of memory to provision on the VM. The
Cisco CSR 1000V requires 4096 MB.
-ds | -disksize Not supported.
-ns | -nics nics Enters the number of Ethernet NICs to provision. The
Cisco CSR 1000V requires a minimum of three vNICs.
-ea | -eth_adapter string Enters the vNIC Ethernet adapter type. Valid values are
the following:
•VMXNET3
-nw | -network string Enters the VM network name for all vNICs or a
comma-separated list of one name per vNIC.
Virtual Machine Description Options
-p | -product string Enters the description of the product:
Cisco CSR 1000V Cloud Services Router
-v | -vendor string Enters the name of the vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
-vs | -version_short string Enters the short version string.
-vl | -version_long string Enters the long version string.
-pu | -product_url url Enters the URL of the product:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12559/index.ht
ml.
-vu | -vendor_url
<URL>
url Enters the URL of the vendor: http://www.cisco.com.
ESXi/vSphere Deploy Options
-d | -deploy url Deploys the OVA to the specified ESXi host.
-u | -username string Enters the ESXi login username.
-pw | -password string Enters the ESXi login password.
-s | -store string Enters the name of the datastore where the OVA will be
deployed.
-dm | -diskmode option Enters the disk mode type for the VM. Supported options
are:
•thick
•eagerZeroedThick
-pm | -port_map list Enters a comma-separated list of port-map names to use
for each VM network from the -network option.
If not specified, the tool will assume this value is the same
as the -network value.
-nv | -nooverwrite If this value is set, then it instructs the tool to not overwrite
an existing VM with the same name.
Table4-11 BDEO Command-Line Bootstrap Properties (continued)
Command Name Parameters Description