Amazon Web
Services
Microsoft Hyper-V
Kernel Based Virtual
Machine (KVM)
Citrix XenServer
VMwareESXi
Cisco CSR 1000v IOS
XE Release
For later versions of
Cisco IOS XE, see:
IOS XE Denali
16.3.1 and Later, on
page 9
1 Requires Kernel version 2.6.3.2 and QEMU 0.12.
2 Requires QEMU-x86_64 version 1.0 (qemu-kvm-1.0), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard.
3 VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3 is not supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.12S..
4 VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3 is not supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.13S..
5 VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3 is not supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.14S.
6 VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3 is not supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.15S.
7 VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3 is supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.16.1S and later.
8 VMware ESXi 6.0 supported on Cisco IOS XE 3.16.1S and later (and 3.17S and later).
9 Requires Kernel version 3.10.0 and QEMU 1.5.3.
Hypervisor features may differ depending on the hypervisor, and not all features in a given hypervisor version
may be supported. The hypervisor versions listed are those officially tested and supported by the Cisco CSR
1000v. See the following sections for more information:
For information about deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v in an Amazon Web Services environment, see the
Note
For information about deploying the Cisco CSR 1000v in a Microsoft Azure environment, see the
CSR 1000V Deployment Guide for Microsoft Azure
.
Note
Hypervisor vNIC Requirements
Depending on the Cisco CSR 1000v release version, each of the hypervisors supports different virtual network
interface card (vNIC) types. The Cisco CSR 1000v also supports a different maximum number of vNICs
depending on the hypervisor. Some versions and hypervisors also support the ability to add and remove vNICs
without powering down the VM (vNIC Hot Add/Remove).
The VMXNET3, VIF and Virtio NIC types listed in the table are para-virtualized NICs.
See also
Supported I/O Modes and Drivers, on page 21
.
The following sections list the supported vNICs and the minimum and maximum number of vNICs supported
for each VM instance. Choose a section, depending on the release of Cisco IOS XE which you are using.
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
12
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Overview
Hypervisor Support