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Chapter6 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in KVM Environments
Installation Requirements for KVM
Installation Requirements for KVM
Table 6 -1 lists the installation requirements for KVM environments. For installation procedures, see the
“Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000V VM Using the .iso File (KVM)” section on page6-3.
Table6-1 Installation Requirements for KVM Environments
KVM
Requirements
Cisco IOS XE
Release 3.10S
Cisco IOS XE Release
3.11S
Cisco IOS XE Release
3.12S
KVM versions
supported
•Linux KVM
based on Red
Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.31
•Red Hat
Enterprise
Virtualization
3.1
1. Requires Kernel version 2.6.3.2 and QEMU 0.12.1.2.
•Linux KVM
based on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
6.31
•Red Hat
Enterprise
Virtualization 3.1
•Ubuntu 12.04.03
LTS Server 64
Bits2
•Ubuntu 12.04.04
LTS Server 64
Bits2
Supported vCPU
configurations3
4 vCPUs: requires
4 GB RAM
minimum
allocation
•1 vCPU:
requires
minimum 2.5 GB
RAM allocation
•2 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 2.5 GB
RAM allocation
•4 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4 GB
RAM allocation
•1 vCPU:
requires
minimum 2.5 GB
RAM allocation
•2 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 2.5 GB
RAM allocation
•4 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4 GB
RAM allocation
Virtua l CPU
cores required
11 1
Virtual hard disk
size
8 GB minimum 8 GB minimum 8 GB minimum4
Supported
vNICs
Virtio Virtio Virtio
Minimum
number of vNICs
required
33 3
Maximum
number of vNICs
supported per
VM instance
26 26 26
Virtua l CD /DVD
drive installed
Required Required Required