The Cisco CSR 1000v is deployed as a virtual machine on a hypervisor. Optionally, you can use a virtual
switch (vSwitch), depending on your deployment. You can use selected Cisco equipment for some components.
The supported components will depend on your software release.
Benefits of Virtualization Using the Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services
Router
The Cisco CSR 1000v Series uses the benefits of virtualization in the cloud to provide the following:
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Hardware independence
Because the Cisco CSR 1000v runs on a virtual machine, it can be supported on any x86 hardware that
the virtualization platform supports.
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Sharing of resources
The resources used by the Cisco CSR 1000v are managed by the hypervisor, and resources can be shared
among VMs. The amount of hardware resources that the VM server allocates to a specific VM can be
reallocated to another VM on the server.
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Flexibility in deployment
You can easily move a VM from one server to another. Thus, you can move the Cisco CSR 1000v from
a server in one physical location to a server in another physical location without moving any hardware
resources.
Software Configuration and Management Using the Cisco IOS XE CLI
You can perform software configuration and management of the Cisco CSR 1000v using the following
methods:
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Provision a serial port in the VM and connect to access the Cisco IOS XE CLI commands.
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Use the virtual VGA console or the console on the virtual serial port to access the Cisco IOS XE CLI
commands.
A serial port can be used to manage a Cisco CSR 1000v VM only if the underlying hypervisor supports
associating a serial port with a VM. For example, the Citrix XenServer environment does not support
serial port association. See your hypervisor documentation for details.
Note
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Use remote SSH/Telnet to access the Cisco IOS XE CLI commands.
The Cisco CSR 1000v also supports management and configuration using the following products:
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Cisco IOS XE REST API
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Cisco Prime Network Services Controller
For more information, see "Management Support", from
Managing the Router Using Cisco Configuration
Professional, on page 48
onwards.
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Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Overview
Benefits of Virtualization Using the Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router
