Cisco CSR 1000v Series User Manual

Where to Go Next 66
CHAPTER 5 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi Environments 69
VMware ESXi Support Information 69
VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6 70
Supported VMware Features and Operations 71
General Features (vCenter Server) 71
Operations (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client) 72
High Availability 74
Storage Options (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client) 75
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM 76
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM 76
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM using vSphere 76
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM using vSphere 76
Restrictions and Requirements 76
Deploying the OVA to the VM 77
Editing the Basic Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using vSphere 81
Editing the Custom Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using vSphere 83
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v to the VM using COT 84
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM using COT 84
Downloading COT 85
Editing the Basic Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using COT 85
Editing the Custom Properties of Cisco CSR 1000v using COT 86
cot edit-properties 86
cot inject-config 88
Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v VM using COT 89
Example 90
Manually Creating the VM and Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v Software Using the .iso File
(VMware ESXi) 90
Overview of Tasks for Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM 90
Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using the .iso File (VMware ESXi) 92
Increasing Performance on VMware ESXi Configurations 94
VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5 94
VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.4 95
VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3 96
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Cisco CSR 1000v Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	CSR 1000v Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English