This listing uses an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template to deploy a Cisco Catalyst 8000V router instance with multiple (2, 4 or 8) vNICs in the first launch. Other Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software (PAYG or BYOL) listings are limited to allocating only one vNIC at launch. Though you can add interfaces after the VM is created, this solution allows you to deploy a Catalyst 8000V instance with 2, 4 or 8 vNICs at launch.

The Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software is a full feature Cisco IOS XE based virtual router that allows you to deploy the same enterprise-class SD-WAN, traditional routing, VPN, next generation firewall (ZBFW, IPS/IDS, URL filtering, AMP, AVC), WAN optimization capabilities and more. It lets you bridge the WAN edge and the cloud edge.

This virtual router delivers agility, security and visibility for the new multicloud world, empowering you to apply policies end to end and optimize applications for optimal user experience.

The familiar Cisco IOS XE CLI and YANG data model API ensure easy deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting and service orchestration.

Key benefits of this Catalyst 8000V Edge Software Solution Deployment listing include:

• Reduced steps required for virtual machines with multi NIC setup.
• Bootstrap configuration can be applied for secondary interfaces.
• Automated resource creation and allocation.
• Support for both PAYG and BYOL deployments.