Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using the .iso File (VMware ESXi)
The following steps are performed using VMware VSphere.
•
Location: Store with the virtual machine
While the following procedure provides general guidance for how to deploy the Cisco CSR 1000v, the exact
steps that you need to perform may vary depending on the characteristics of your VMware environment and
setup. The steps and screen displays in this procedure are based on VMware ESXi 5.0.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
Download the CSR1000_esxi.iso file from the Cisco CSR 1000v software installation image package and
copy it onto the VM Datastore.
2.
In the VSphere client, select Create a New Virtual Machine option.
3.
Under Configuration, select the option to create a Custom configuration, and click Next.
4.
Under Name and Location, specify the name for the VM and click Next.
5.
Under Storage, select the datastore to use for the VM. Click
Next
.
6.
Under Virtual Machine Version, select Virtual Machine Version 8. Click
Next
.
7.
Under Guest Operating System, select Linux and the
“
Other 2.6x Linux (64-bit) setting
”
from the drop-down
menu. Click
Next
.
8.
Under CPUs, select the following settings:
9.
Under Memory, configure the supported memory size for your Cisco CSR 1000v release.
10.
Under Network, allocate at least three virtual network interface cards (vNICs).
11.
Under SCSI Controller, select LSI Logic Parallel. Click
Next
.
12.
Under Select a Disk, click Create a new virtual disk.
13.
Under Create a Disk, select the following:
14.
Under Advanced Options, select SCSI (0:0) for the virtual device node.
15.
On the Ready to Complete screen, click the Edit the virtual machine settings before completion. Click
Continue checkbox.
16.
In the Hardware tab, click
New CD/DVD Drive
.
17.
In the Resources tab, click the CPU setting:
18.
Click OK.
19.
Click Finish.
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Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using the .iso File (VMware ESXi)
