Cisco CSR 1000v Series, Software Configuration Manual

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Creating a Bootstrap Day0 Configuration for virt-manager
This procedure provides additional steps to be executed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using
virt-manager — Using .qcow2 or .iso Image, on page 116 .
The following steps are performed on the KVM server.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Create iosxe_config.txt or ovf-env.xml file. (For details, see Bootstrap Properties, on page 126 .)
2.
Create a disk image from this file using below command:
3.
(This step must be performed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-manager
—
Using
.qcow2 or .iso Image, on page 116 .)
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Create iosxe_config.txt or ovf-env.xml file. (For details, see Bootstrap Properties, on page 126 .)
Step 2 Create a disk image from this file using below command:
Example:
mkisofs -l -o /my/path/csr_config.iso <configuration_filename>
Step 3 (This step must be performed within Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-manager — Using .qcow2 or .iso
Image, on page 116 .)
Mount the
csr_config.iso
as an additional disk during creation of the CSR virtual machine.
Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using virt-install — Using .qcow2 Image
The following steps are performed on the KVM server.
Prerequisites
• Download and install the virt-install RPM package on the KVM server.
• Download the . qcow2 image from the Cisco CSR 1000v software installation image package and copy
it onto a local or network device.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Using the virt-install command, create the instance and boot, using the following syntax:
DETAILED STEPS
Using the virt-install command, create the instance and boot, using the following syntax:
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in KVM Environments
Creating a Bootstrap Day0 Configuration for virt-manager