Cisco CSR 1000v Series

CHAPTER 9
Booting the Cisco CSR 1000v and Accessing the
Console
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Booting the Cisco CSR 1000v as the VM, page 145
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Accessing the Cisco CSR 1000v Console, page 148
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License Installation, page 154
Booting the Cisco CSR 1000v as the VM
The Cisco CSR 1000v boots when the VM is powered on. Depending on your configuration, you can monitor
the installation process on the virtual VGA console or the console on the virtual serial port.
If you want to access and configure the Cisco CSR 1000v from the serial port on the hypervisor instead
of the virtual VGA console, you should provision the VM to use this setting before powering on the VM
and booting the router. For more information, see theIntroduction to Accessing the Cisco CSR 1000v
through the Virtual Serial Port, on page 148
Note
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
Power-up the VM. Within 5 seconds of powering on the VM, choose a console described from one of the
following three steps (2, 3,or 4) to select a console to view the router bootup and to access the Cisco CSR
1000v CLI.
2.
(Optional) Select Auto Console: (Cisco IOS XE 3.13S and later, and IOS XE Denali 16.3.1 and later)
3.
(Optional) Select Virtual Console
4.
(Optional)Select Serial Console
5.
Telnet to the VM using one of the following two commands: telnet://host-ipaddress:portnumber or, from
a UNIX xTerm terminal: telnet host-ipaddress portnumber The following example shows the Cisco CSR
1000v initial boot output on the VM.
6.
After booting, the system presents a screen showing the main software image and the Golden Image, with
an instruction that the highlighted entry is booted automatically in three seconds. Do not select the option
for the Golden Image and allow the main software image to boot.
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