Cisco CSR 1000v Series

Virtual CD/DVD drive installed—required
Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V—Cisco IOS
XE Denali 16.3.1
The Microsoft Hyper-V requirements for Cisco CSR 1000v using Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1 are as follows:
The Microsoft Hyper-V requirements for older versions of Cisco IOS XE (before IOS XE Denali 16.3.1)
are shown in the Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V—Cisco IOS XE 3.x, on page 143.
Note
Microsoft Hyper-V versions. The following Microsoft Hyper-V versions are supported:
• Windows Server 2012-R2, Hyper-V Mgr 6.3.9600.16384 is recommended—tested and meets performance
benchmarks.
vCPUs. The following vCPU configurations are supported:
•
1 vCPU: requires minimum 4 GB RAM allocation
•
2 vCPUs: requires minimum 4 GB RAM allocation
•
4 vCPUs: requires minimum 4 GB RAM allocation
Virtual CPU cores—1 vCPU is required
Virtual hard disk size—8 GB minimum
Supported vNICs—NetVSC (pmap)
Maximum number of vNICs supported per VM instance—8
Virtual CD/DVD drive installed—required
Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V—Cisco IOS
XE 3.x
This section contains information about Microsoft Hyper-V requirements for older Cisco IOS XE releases
(the releases supported by Cisco CSR 1000v before IOS XE Denali 16.3.1)
The table below lists the installation requirements for Microsoft HyperV.
Table 29: Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V (Cisco IOS XE versions 3.x)
Cisco IOS XE 3.14S, 3.15S, 3.16S, 3.17Cisco IOS XE 3.12S and 3.13SMicrosoft Hyper-V Requirements
Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft Hyper-V version supported
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
143
Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
Installation Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V—Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1