User's Manual

CHAPTER
5-1
Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in
Citrix XenServer Environments
• Citrix XenServer Support Information
• Installation Requirements for Citrix XenServer
• Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000V VM Using the .iso File (Citrix XenServer)
Citrix XenServer Support Information
The Cisco CSR 1000V installation on Citrix XenServer requires the manual creation of a VM and
installation using the .iso file. Deploying the OVA template into a Citrix XenServer environment is not
supported in this release.
The Cisco CSR 1000V supports the VIF vNIC type on the Citrix XenServer implementation.
The following Citrix XenServer features are supported:
• Virtual machine power-cycle
• Interface add and delete
Note This operation requires the Cisco CSR 1000V to be restarted to take effect.
• 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)
Note The Cisco CSR 1000V does not support XenTools. The XenMotion operation is not supported on the
Cisco CSR 1000V because it requires XenTools.