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Chapter 4 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in VMware ESXi Environments
Manually Creating the VM and Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V Software Using the .iso File (VMware ESXi)
Figure 4-5 Task Overview for Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000V VM
Install the Cisco CSR 1000V .iso
file on a local or remote server
(Optional)
Select serial console when
Cisco CSR 1000V first boots
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Configure VM name
Select .iso file as the boot source
and specify the install method
Configure vCPU and
RAM allocation
Configure the required
VM hard disk size
(Optional) Create a serial port
to access the router console
Manually create the VM
Power on the VM to boot the Cisco CSR 1000V
Create the vNICs