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Chapter7 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-VTable 7 -1 lists the installation requirements for Microsoft HyperV.
Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000V VM Using the .iso File (Microsoft Hyper-V)•Prerequisites
•Configuring the Server Manager Settings
•Creating the VM
•Launching the VM to Boot the Cisco CSR 1000V
Table7-1 Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
Microsoft Hyper-V
Requirements Cisco IOS XE 3.12S
Microsoft Hyper-V version
supported
Windows Server 2012 R2
Supported vCPU
configurations1
1. The required vCPU configuration depends on the throughput license and
technology package installed. See the data sheet for your release for more
information.
•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
Virtual CPU cores required 1
Virtual hard disk size2
2. The VHD format is supported only. The VHDX format is not supported.
8 GB
Supported vNICs HV driver
Minimum number of vNICs
required
3
Maximum number of vNICs
supported per VM instance
8
Virtua l CD/D VD driv e
Installed
Required