Installation Requirements—Cisco IOS XE 3.x
VMware ESXi
Cisco IOS XE
Requirement
Release 3.9S
Supported vCPU
1 vCPU: requires
configurations
minimum 4 GB
RAM allocation
( The required vCPU
configuration
depends on the
throughput license
and technology
package installed.
For more
information, see the
data sheet for your
release)
Virtual CPU cores
1
required (Requires a
64-bit processor
with Virtualization
Technology (VT)
enabled in the BIOS
setup of the host
machine.)
Virtual hard disk
8 GB minimum
size
Supported vNICs
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Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Cisco IOS XE
Cisco IOS XE
Release 3.10S
Release 3.11S
• 1 vCPU:
• 1 vCPU:
requires
requires
minimum 2.5
minimum 2.5
GB RAM
GB RAM
allocation (Not
allocation (Not
automatically
automatically
supported
supported
when
when
deploying the
deploying the
OVA)
OVA)
• 4 vCPUs:
• 2 vCPUs:
requires
requires
minimum 4
minimum 2.5
GB RAM
GB RAM
allocation (If
allocation
configuring
• 4 vCPUs:
Cisco Network
requires
Based
minimum 4
Application
GB RAM
Recognition
allocation
(NBAR), or
Cisco
Application
Visibility and
Control
(AVC), a
4-GB RAM
allocation is
required)
1
1
8 GB minimum
8 GB minimum
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi Environments
Cisco IOS XE
Release 3.12S, 3.13S
• 1 vCPU:
requires
minimum 2.5
GB RAM
allocation
• 2 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 2.5
GB RAM
allocation
• 4 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
• 8 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
1
8 GB minimum
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Cisco IOS XE
Release 3.14S, 3.15S,
3.16S, 3.17S
• 1 vCPU:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
(ESXi 6.0
supported on
Cisco IOS XE
3.16.1S and
later)
• 2 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
• 4 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
• 8 vCPUs:
requires
minimum 4
GB RAM
allocation
1
8 GB minimum
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