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Chapter 6 Installing the Cisco CSR 1000V in KVM Environments
Installation Requirements for KVM
Installation Requirements for KVM
Table 6-1 lists the installation requirements for KVM environments. For installation procedures, see the
“Manually Creating the Cisco CSR 1000V VM Using the .iso File (KVM)” section on page 6-3.
Table 6-1 Installation Requirements for KVM Environments
KVM
Requirements
Cisco IOS XE
Release 3.10S
Cisco IOS XE Release
3.11S
Cisco IOS XE Release
3.12S
KVM versions
supported
• Linux KVM
based on Red
Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.3
1
• Red Hat
Enterprise
Virtualization
3.1
1. Requires Kernel version 2.6.3.2 and QEMU 0.12.1.2.
• Linux KVM
based on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
6.3
1
• Red Hat
Enterprise
Virtualization 3.1
• Ubuntu 12.04.03
LTS Server 64
Bits
2
• Ubuntu 12.04.04
LTS Server 64
Bits
2
Supported vCPU
configurations
3
4 vCPUs: requires
4 GB RAM
minimum
allocation
• 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
• 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
Virtual CPU
cores required
11 1
Virtual hard disk
size
8 GB minimum 8 GB minimum 8 GB minimum
4
Supported
vNICs
Virtio Virtio Virtio
Minimum
number of vNICs
required
33 3
Maximum
number of vNICs
supported per
VM instance
26 26 26
Virtual CD/DVD
drive installed
Required Required Required