Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Installation And Configuration Guide

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Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Installation And Configuration Guide

Compatibility Matrix for Public and Sovereign IaaS Clouds

Updated: April 24, 2026

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Specifies the supported public cloud compute instance types and sizes for Cisco Catalyst 8000V public cloud installation.

This chapter explains the supported public cloud compute instance sizes for Cisco Catalyst 8000V routers. Each of this section describes the compute instance details for every supported public cloud and sovereign IaaS cloud.

Supported instance types for Amazon Web Services

Cisco Catalyst 8000V running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) supports the instance types that are specified in this table. The instance type determines the size of the instance and the required amount of memory.

Release number

Supported instance types

Cisco IOS XE 26.1.1 and Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.5

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4c

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.4xlarge

  • c6in.8xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.xlarge, c6in.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5d

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5c

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5a

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4a

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.11.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.10.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.9

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.8

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7b

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5f

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5e

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.4a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.18xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.8a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.6a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.5a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.5

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.1a

  • t3.medium

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1a

  • t3.medium, t2.medium

  • c4.8xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c4.xlarge, c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1b

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1a

  • t3.medium, t2.medium

  • c4.8xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c4.xlarge, c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

  • c5n.9xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.xlarge, c5n.large

For more information about the instance types, see Amazon EC2 Instance Types.

Supported instance types for Microsoft Azure

This topic specifies the instance types that are supported for Cisco Catalyst 8000V deployment in Microsoft Azure. The 2, 4 and 8 NIC solution templates mentioned in this table are currently offered in the Microsoft Azure marketplace in the public cloud.

Cisco IOS XE release

Supported instance types/max NICs supported

Cisco IOS XE 26.1.1 and Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1

  • Dsv5 series: Standard_D16s_v5, Standard_D8s_v5, Standard_D4s_v5

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5, Standard_D8_v5, Standard_D4_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

  • Dsv5 series: Standard_D16s_v5, Standard_D8s_v5, Standard_D4s_v5

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5, Standard_D8_v5, Standard_D4_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.1a

  • Dsv5 series: Standard_D16s_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.5

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4c

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a

  • Dsv5 series: Standard_D16s_v5, Standard_D8s_v5, Standard_D4s_v5

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5, Standard_D8_v5, Standard_D4_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1a

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5d

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5c

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5a

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4a

  • Dsv5 series: Standard_D16s_v5, Standard_D8s_v5, Standard_D4s_v5

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5, Standard_D8_v5, Standard_D4_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1

  • Dv5 series: Standard_D16_v5

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.11.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.10.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.9

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.8

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7b

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5f

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5e

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.4a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.8a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.6a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.5a,

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.4a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1b

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1a

  • Dsv2 series: Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_DS2_v2

  • Dv2 series: Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D2_v2

  • Fsv2 series: Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_F16s_v2

Supported instance types for Google Cloud Platform

Cisco Catalyst 8000V running on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) supports the instance types that are specified in this table.

Cisco IOS XE release

Supported instance types (BYOL only)

Cisco IOS XE 26.1.1 and Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1

N4: n4-standard-32, n4-standard-4

N2: n2-standard-8, n2-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

N4: n4-standard-32, n4-standard-4

N2: n2-standard-8, n2-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.5

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4c

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

N2: n2-standard-8, n2-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5d

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5c

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.5a

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4b

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.4a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

N2: n2-standard-8, n2-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4

Cisco IOS XE 17.11.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.10.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.9

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.8

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7b

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.7a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.6

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5f

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.5e

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.4a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.2a

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.8a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.7

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.6a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.5a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.5

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.4

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.3a

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1b

Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1a

N1: n1-standard-8, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-2, n1-standard-1

Supported instance types for Oracle Cloud Interface

This section specifies the instance types supported for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) deployments in Cisco Catalyst 8000V.

Cisco IOS XE release

Supported instance types (BYOL)

Cisco IOS XE 26.1.1 and Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1

VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 4vCPU/8GB

VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 16vCPU/16GB

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.x and later

VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 4vCPU/8GB

VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 16vCPU/16GB

Supported instances for sovereign clouds

Cisco Catalyst 8000V running on sovereign clouds support the instance types that are specified in the tables in this section.

Table 1. Supported Instances for Alibaba Cloud (China)

Cisco IOS XE release

Supported instance types (BYOL only)

Cisco IOS XE 26.1.1 and Cisco IOS XE 26.2.1

  • ecs.g5.4xlarge

  • ecs.g5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.11.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.10.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.8.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.x

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.x

  • ecs.g5.4xlarge

  • ecs.g5.large
Table 2. Supported Instances for AWS (China)

Cisco IOS XE release

Supported instance types (BYOL only)

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.12.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.11.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.10.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.9.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.8.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.7.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large

Cisco IOS XE 17.6.x

  • t3.medium

  • c4.large

  • c5.9xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.xlarge, c5.large