Cisco CSR 1000v Series

CHAPTER 5
Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi
Environments
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VMware ESXi Support Information, page 69
• VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6, page 70
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Supported VMware Features and Operations, page 71
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Deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v OVA to the VM, page 76
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Manually Creating the VM and Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v Software Using the .iso File (VMware
ESXi), page 90
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Increasing Performance on VMware ESXi Configurations, page 94
• VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5, page 94
• VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.4, page 95
• VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3, page 96
• VMware Requirements—Cisco IOS XE 3.x, page 97
• VMware VM Requirements—Cisco IOS XE 3.x, page 99
• Installation Requirements—Cisco IOS XE 3.x, page 101
VMware ESXi Support Information
This section includes information about VMware tools/software,and VM requirements required by the Cisco
CSR 1000v running the latest Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1 software, as well as a list of the supported VM
features.
The Cisco CSR 1000v can run on the VMware ESXi hypervisor. VMware ESXi runs on PCs with x86-based
CPUs. You can use the same hypervisor to run several VMs.
VMware vSphere Web Client is a web application that runs on the PC and accesses vCenter Server. You can
use VMware vSphere Web Client software to create, configure, and manage VMs on the VMware vCenter
Server and to start/stop the Cisco CSR 1000v. The Cisco CSR 1000v can boot from a virtual disk located on
the data store.
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