Prerequisites

The following sections detail the prerequisites for installing Cisco Elastic Services Controller:

Virtual Resource Requirements

The following table lists the virtual resource requirements for Cisco Elastic Services Controller:

Requirements (for 1000 VNFs/VM management)

Description

Virtual CPUs

4 VCPUs

Memory

8 GB RAM

Disk Space

30 GB

Requirements (for 5000 VNFs/VM management)

Description

Virtual CPUs

8 VCPUs

Memory

16 GB RAM

Disk Space

60 GB

Software Requirements

The following table lists the software requirements on OpenStack:

Requirements

Description

Supported Browsers

Any of the following:

  • Mozilla Firefox 40.x or later

  • Google Chrome 44.x or later

Note 

When you launch ESC through Mozilla Firefox 40.x or later versions, some of the pages may show extra checkmarks with black check boxes. This occurs due to a known issue in Mozilla Firefox.

OpenStack Version

Any of the following:

  • Newton

  • Ocata

  • Queens

  • Keystone V2 and V3

Preparing for the Installation

Before you perform the installation, ensure that you are prepared by reviewing this checklist:

Requirements

Your Information/ Notes

For Pre-installation Configuration

QCOW image location

QCOW image

VM per Instance

IP address

Subnet mask

Hostname

Domain name

Gateway IP address

Admin password

ESC Release Package

ESC.qcow2

An image file for booting up the ESC instance

bootvm.py

The installation script compatible with python 2.7.6 and Python 3.4