Limitations of Tracking Hardware Events in SRE-V
Brett Tiller | 27 Feb 2013

There are limitations in SRE-V regarding tracking real time hardware events such as the failure of a hard drive. The Service Ready Engine Virtualization platform (SRE-V) has VMware ESXI 5.0 built into the platform which provides virtualization, and SRE-V installs onto the Service Ready Engine (SRE) service module . ESXI utilizes a technology called CIM as well as SNMP with some limitations to track hardware events. SRE-V uses a software RAID developed by Promise and the release implemented d ...Read More

SRE-V 2.0.1 New Release Upgrade Information
Brett Tiller | 15 Dec 2011

SRE-V 2.0.1 leverage VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0 to provide full virtualization for virtual machines (VM). Customers utilizing previous releases of Cisco SRE-V must upgrade their licenses in order to use the Cisco SRE-V 2.0 software.

As of January 4, 2012, all new orders for Cisco SRE-V licenses will ship with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0 license activation codes or VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0 license keys if the licenses are ordered with the Cisco SRE hardware.
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SRE-V 1.1.1 Release Adds Raid Support
Brett Tiller | 16 May 2011

The recently released Service Ready Engine Virtualization 1.1.1 release adds Raid 0 and Raid 1 support on SM-900 service modules. When installing the SRE-V platform onto the SM-900 service module you may now select from the options of Non-Raid, Raid 0 or Raid 1.
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Upgrading IOS Images on the ISR
Brett Tiller | 21 Apr 2011

Upgrading your IOS image on the Integrated Service Router is a relatively straight forward procedure, but with several steps. After the desired IOS image has been downloaded, there are a few pre-upgrade steps that should be taken before upgrading the IOS image on the router. These steps along with the entire upgrade process have been provided below.

The official IOS upgrade documentation is also available here: ...Read More

Service Ready Engine Virtualization (SRE-V) 1.0.1 Released
Brett Tiller | 07 Feb 2011

The release of the new Cisco Borderless Network product Service Ready Engine Virtualization (SRE-V), provides the next generation of virtualization functionality for partners desiring to run server applications on the router. Utilizing VMware ESXi as its built-in engine, SRE-V features support of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers on which virtual machines can be created, monitored and maintained via VMware's vSphere client. With this new feature, packaging and porting applications as previous ...Read More