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Now, service providers can enhance their operational excellence and offerings based on physical routers and easily move them to
a virtual form factor. The Cisco IOS XRv 9000 router offers greater agility, improved network efficiency, lower capital and
operational expenditures, and the ability to efficiently scale network capacity up and down, based on demand.
This lab demonstrates how to install the IOS XRv 9000 in a VMware ESXi environment. This lab requires familiarity with a VMware
ESXi. At the conclusion of this lab, you will have a fully functional router available with IOS XR release 5.4.0.
NOTE: Router configuration and feature testing are beyond the scope of this lab.
For more information about IOS XRv 9000, refer to the Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router Data Sheet and the Cisco IOS XRv 9000
Router Installation and Configuration Guide.
Requirements
The table below outlines the requirements for this preconfigured demonstration.
Table 1. Requirements
Required Optional
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Topology
This content includes preconfigured users and components to illustrate the scripted scenarios and features of the solution. Most
components are fully configurable with predefined administrative user accounts. You can see the IP address and user account
credentials to use to access a component by clicking the component icon in the Topology menu of your active session and in the
scenario steps that require their use.
Figure 1. Topology
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Get Started
BEFORE PRESENTING
We strongly recommend that you go through this document and work with an active session before presenting in front of a live
audience. This will allow you to become familiar with the structure of the document and content.
Follow the steps to schedule a session of the content and configure your presentation environment.
1. Browse to dcloud.cisco.com, select the location closest to you, and log in with your Cisco.com credentials.
2. If this is the first time you will use the router with dCloud, register and configure your router. [Show Me How]
5. Verify that the status of your session is Active in My Dashboard > My Sessions.
7. For best performance, connect to the workstation with Cisco AnyConnect VPN [Show Me How] and the local RDP client on
your laptop [Show Me How]
NOTE: You can also connect to the workstation using the Cisco dCloud Remote Desktop client [Show Me How]. The dCloud
Remote Desktop client works best for accessing an active session with minimal interaction. However, many users experience
connection and performance issues with this method.
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This scenario demonstrates how to deploy the Cisco IOS XRv 9000 router using VMware vSphere, which is pre-installed for this
lab. The steps in this procedure are based on VMware ESXi 5.5 version.
NOTE: Skip steps 2 and 3 for this lab; these steps are already prepared for the purpose of this lab. For a standard install, however,
the end user must specify the correct firewall options and download the ISO image.
Steps
1. From the workstation desktop, double-click the ESXi icon to launch the ESXi application.
Figure 2. ESXi
2. Verify that the firewall options enable a network connection to the VM serial port.
NOTE: The lab environment is pre-configured with the proper firewall options.
NOTE: For this lab, the ISO image is available in the VM data store.
4. From the vSphere Client, right-click the client IP address and select New Virtual Machine.
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5. From the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, select Custom to create a custom configuration and click Next.
NOTE: Cisco IOS XRv 9000 routers are not compatible with VMWare ESXi Server versions earlier than 5.0.
9. Select Linux, select Other 2.6.x Linux (64-bit) from the Version drop-down list, and click Next.
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b. Click Next.
NOTE: The number of cores per socket must always be set to 1, regardless of the number of virtual sockets selected. For
example, a Cisco IOS XRv 9000 router with a 4-vCPU configuration must have four sockets and one core for each socket.
NOTE: Cisco dCloud recommends 25GB as the maximum memory size for best performance.
12. Allocate at least four virtual network interface cards (vNICs) to configure the network and click Next.
NOTE: The VMware ESXi 5.5 interface allows you to create four vNICs during initial VM creation. After you create the VM and the
Cisco IOS XRv 9000 boots for the first time, you can create additional vNICs.
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d. Click Next.
NOTE: The Thick Provision Eager Zeroed option takes longer to install but provides better performance. Thick Provision also
consumes more physical disk space.
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16. Select IDE (0:0) as the Virtual Device Node and click Next.
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17. On the Ready to Complete screen, check the Edit the virtual machine settings before completion check box and click
Continue.
18. From the Virtual Machine Properties Hardware tab, click New CD/DVD and do the following:
a. Select the Datastore ISO File as the Device Type and click Browse.
b. Browse to the location of the .iso file of the data store set in step 4 and click Open.
d. Check the Connect at Power On check box to enable accessibility to the CD drive.
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NOTE: Setting up the serial ports (console ports) is required for a non-VGA (default) image.
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22. Select Server and enter the Telnet address of the host and an unused port higher than 1000 in the Port URI field. Click Next.
NOTE: For example, use the IP address of the client (198.18.134.2) and pick a port number that is likely not used for this lab, such
as 8011 through 8014.
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Steps
1. From the vSphere Client, right-click the xrv9000-1 VM and click Power > Power On.
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3. In the PuTTY Configuration dialog box, enter 198.18.134.2 in the Host Name (or IP Address) field, enter 8011 in the Port
field, select Telnet, and click Open to access the XR VM console.
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NOTE: It takes approximately 15 minutes for the router to boot up. To release the mouse pointer from the console, press
<Ctrl+Alt>.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to access the sysadmin console by using the following IP address and port details: 198.18.134.2:8013.
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