This operation requires that the Cisco CSR 1000v is shutdown before performing interface add and delete.
Note
•
NIC bonding
•
Virtual machine cloning
Only cold cloning is supported, meaning the VM must be powered down when the cloning takes place.
•
Taking, restoring and deleting snapshots
Using Citrix XenServer, you can take a snapshot of the current state of the VM. Snapshots are supported when
the Cisco CSR 1000v VM is either powered up or powered down.
•
Remote storage
•
Performance monitoring (CPU, network and disk)
The Cisco CSR 1000v does not support XenTools. The XenMotion operation is not supported on the Cisco
CSR 1000v because it requires XenTools.
Note
For more information, see
Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using the .iso File (Citrix XenServer),
on page 107
. For more information, see also the Citrix XenServer documentation.
Installation Requirements for Citrix XenServer: Cisco IOS XE
Everest 16.6
Installation Requirements for Citrix XenServer (Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6)
For installation procedures, see
Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000v VM Using the .iso File (Citrix
XenServer), on page 107
.
The Citrix XenServer requirements for early versions of Cisco IOS XE (before IOS XE Denali 16.3) are
shown in
Installation Requirements for Citrix XenServer: Cisco IOS XE 3.x, on page 111
.
•
Citrix XenServer version supported: Citrix XenServer 6.5 is recommended
—
tested and meets performance
benchmarks. Citrix XenServer 6.2 is supported
•
Supported vCPU configurations. (Also depends on the throughput license and technology package
installed
–
see Datasheet). : 1 vCPU: requires minimum 4 GB RAM allocation; 2 vCPUs: requires minimum
4 GB RAM allocation; 4 vCPUs: requires minimum 4 GB RAM allocation
•
Virtual CPU cores required: 1
•
Supported vNICs : VIF-netfront (pmap)
•
Maximum number of vNICs supported per VM instance: 7
•
Virtual CD/DVD drive Installed: Required
•
Virtual Disk
—
a 8 GB virtual disk is supported.
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in Citrix XenServer Environments
Installation Requirements for Citrix XenServer: Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6