Storage Options (For Vcenter Server And Vsphere Web Client) - Cisco CSR 1000v Series Software Configuration Manual

Installing the Cisco CSR 1000v in VMware ESXi Environments
Supported Entities
Fault Tolerance

Storage Options (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client)

Table 21: Supported VMware Features and Operations: Storage Options (for Both vCenter Server and vSphere Client)
Supported Entities
Storage Options (for both vCenter Server
and vSphere Client)
Local Storage
External Storage Target
Mount or Pass Through of USB Storage
First Supported Cisco CSR 1000v Release
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10S
First Supported Cisco CSR 1000v Release
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9S
Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
Storage Options (for vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client)
Description
Using high availability, fault tolerance is
enabled on the ESXi host. When you
enable fault tolerance on the VM running
the Cisco CSR 1000v, a secondary VM on
another host in the cluster is created. If the
primary host goes down, then the VM on
the secondary host will take over as the
primary VM for the Cisco CSR 1000v.
Description
Local storage is in the internal hard disks
located inside your ESXi host. Local
storage devices do not support sharing
across multiple hosts. A datastore on a local
storage device can be accessed by only one
host.
You can deploy the Cisco CSR 1000v on
external storage, that is, a Storage Area
Network (SAN).
You can connect USB sticks to the Cisco
CSR 1000v and use them as storage
devices. In ESXi, you need to add a USB
controller and then assign the disk devices
to the Cisco CSR 1000v.
• Cisco CSR 1000v supports USB disk
hot-plug.
• You can use only two USB disk
hot-plug devices at a time.
• USB hub is not supported.
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