Compatibility Matrix for Cisco Catalyst 8000V in Public and Sovereign IaaS Clouds
Supported Instance Types for AWS
Supported Instance Types for Microsoft Azure
Supported Instance Types for Google Cloud Platform
Supported Instance Types for Sovereign Clouds

Compatibility Matrix for Cisco Catalyst 8000V in Public and Sovereign IaaS Clouds

This chapter describes the various public cloud compute instance sizes that are supported for Cisco Catalyst 8000V routers. The following topics specify the compute instance details for each of the supported public clouds and sovereign IaaS clouds.

Supported Instance Types for AWS

The AMI supports different instance types that determine the size of the instance and the required amount of memory. The following are the supported instance types for Cisco Catalyst 8000V:


Release Number	Supported Instance Types
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 17.12.2, 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 17.9.4a 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 17.6.6a 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

The following 2, 4 and 8 NIC solution templates 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 17.13.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2 D16_v5
Cisco IOS XE 17.12.2, Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2 D16_v5
Cisco IOS XE 17.11.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.10.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.9.4a Cisco IOS XE 17.9.3a Cisco IOS XE 17.9.2a Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
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	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2
Cisco IOS XE 17.4.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1b Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1a	D4_v2 / DS4_v2 D3_v2 / DS3_v2 D2_v2 / DS2_v2 F16s_v2 F32s_v2

Supported Instance Types for Google Cloud Platform


Cisco IOS XE Release	Supported Instance Types	Notes
Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1a	N1: n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.12.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.12.1a	N1: n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.11.1a	N1: n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.10.1a	N1: n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
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-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a	N1: n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a	N1: n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
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-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.5.1a	N1: n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only
Cisco IOS XE 17.4.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1b Cisco IOS XE 17.4.1a	N1: n1-standard-1, n1-standard-2, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8	BYOL only Support for both autonomous and controller modes

Supported Instance Types for Sovereign Clouds

Table 1. **Supported Instances for Alibaba Cloud (China)**
Cisco IOS XE Release	Instance Types (BYOL Only)
Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1a Cisco IOS XE 17.7.2 Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1a 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	ecs.g5.large ecs.g5.4xlarge

Table 2. **Supported Instances for AWS (China)**
Cisco IOS XE Release	Instance Types
Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1a	t3.medium c4.large, c5.large, c5.xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge
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 c4.large, c5.large, c5.xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge

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