Cisco CSR 1000v Series User Manual

Creating a Bootstrap Day0 Configuration for virt-manager
This procedure provides additional steps to be executed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using
virt-manager—Using .qcow2 or .iso Image, on page 116.
The following steps are performed on the KVM server.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
Create iosxe_config.txt or ovf-env.xml file. (For details, see Bootstrap Properties, on page 126.)
2.
Create a disk image from this file using below command:
3.
(This step must be performed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-manager—Using
.qcow2 or .iso Image, on page 116.)
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1
Create iosxe_config.txt or ovf-env.xml file. (For details, see Bootstrap Properties, on page 126.)
Step 2
Create a disk image from this file using below command:
Example:
mkisofs -l -o /my/path/csr_config.iso <configuration_filename>
Step 3
(This step must be performed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-manager—Using .qcow2 or .iso
Image, on page 116.)
Mount the csr_config.iso as an additional disk during creation of the CSR virtual machine.
Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-install—Using .qcow2 Image
The following steps are performed on the KVM server.
Prerequisites
•
Download and install the virt-install RPM package on the KVM server.
•
Download the .qcow2 image from the Cisco CSR 1000v software installation image package and copy
it onto a local or network device.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
Using the virt-install command, create the instance and boot, using the following syntax:
DETAILED STEPS
Using the virt-install command, create the instance and boot, using the following syntax:
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in KVM Environments
Creating a Bootstrap Day0 Configuration for virt-manager

Cisco CSR 1000v Series Specifications

General

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