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:

ESC Deployment

Number of ESC VMs

Virtual CPU per ESC VM

Virtual Memory (GB) per ESC VM

Virtual Hard Disk (GB)per ESC VM

Number of total VMs Supported

VIM

ESC Standalone

1

4

8

40

1000

All supported VIMs

ESC Active/Standby HA

2

4

8

40

2500

All supported VIMs

ESC Active/Active HA

3

8

16

40*

5000

OpenStack Only

ESC GEO HA

6

8

16

40*

5000

OpenStack Only


Note

*The Active/Active HA and Geo HA deployment can accommodate up to 60 GB of hard disk while provisioning the NFVI resources.


Software Requirements

The following table lists the software requirements on OpenStack:

Requirements

Description

Supported Browsers

Google Chrome 44.x or later

OpenStack Version

Any of the following:

  • Train

  • Ocata (V2 and V3)

  • Queens (Keystone 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 is compatible with python 2.7.6 and Python 3.4