Preface

Preface

This preface describes the objectives and organization of this document and explains how to find additional information on related products and services. This preface contains the following sections:

Objectives

This document provides an overview of the Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router deployment on Amazon Web Services. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide to all of the software features that can be run using the Cisco CSR 1000V Series router. For more information, see the Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide.

For information on general software features that are also available on the Cisco CSR 1000V Series router, see the Cisco IOS XE technology guide for that specific software feature.

Revision History

The Revision History records technical changes to this document. The table shows the Cisco IOS XE software release number, the date of the change, and a brief summary of the change

Release

Date

Change Summary

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11S

November 21, 2013

First release.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11S

March 26, 2014

Second release, adding support for Hourly-Billed Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.13S

September 15, 2014

Third release, adding support for 1-Click Launch and changes for Cisco IOS XE 3.13S licenses.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.14S

November, 2014

Updated AMI options.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.16S

August, 2015

Updated ios-config options.

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

August, 2016

Updated sections such as launching the CSR AMI using the 1-Click Launch and launching the CSR AMI using the Manual Launch.

Related Documentation

For further information about Cisco CSR 1000V routers, refer to the following documentation.

For information about software features, see the CSR 1000v configuration guides.

For information on commands, see the: Cisco IOS XE Software Command References.

Document Conventions

This documentation uses the following conventions:

Convention

Description

^ or Ctrl

The ^ and Ctrl symbols represent the Control key. For example, the key combination ^D or Ctrl-D means hold down the Control key while you press the D key. Keys are indicated in capital letters but are not case sensitive.

string

A string is a nonquoted set of characters shown in italics. For example, when setting an SNMP community string to public, do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Command syntax descriptions use the following conventions:

Convention

Description

bold

Bold text indicates commands and keywords that you enter exactly as shown.

italics

Italic text indicates arguments for which you supply values.

[x]

Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).

|

A vertical line indicates a choice within an optional or required set of keywords or arguments.

[x | y]

Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate an optional choice.

{x | y}

Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate a required choice.

[x {y | z}]

Braces and a vertical line within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.

Examples use the following conventions:

Convention

Description

 
screen

Examples of information displayed on the screen are set in Courier font.

 
bold screen

Examples of text that you must enter are set in Courier bold font.

< >

Angle brackets enclose text that is not printed to the screen, such as passwords.

!

An exclamation point at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line. (Exclamation points are also displayed by the Cisco IOS XE software for certain processes.)

[ ]

Square brackets enclose default responses to system prompts.

The following conventions are used to attract the attention of the reader:


Note
Means reader take note . Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials that may not be contained in this manual.

Caution

Means reader be careful . In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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