For the .qcow2 image to "work" or function correctly, it must be deployed within a hypervisor or network emulation tool.
The 20.2R1.10 Junos image can be intensive during initialization, sometimes throwing CPU lockup warnings on the console.
Move your downloaded image to your storage pool or working directory and check its virtual size and consistency. vqfx202r110reqemuqcow2 work
The brains of the operation, where the CLI lived and configurations were born.
Try deploying a two-leaf, one-spine EVPN fabric. Export configurations with show configuration | display set and watch the MAC addresses learn across the virtual VXLAN tunnels. Happy networking. For the
<domain type='kvm'> <name>vqfx-re-20.2R1.10</name> <memory unit='GiB'>4</memory> <currentMemory unit='GiB'>2</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-6.2'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'> <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/> </cpu> <devices> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' io='native'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/vqfx202r110re.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <!-- Network interfaces: em0 = fxp0 (management) --> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:aa:bb:cc'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='e1000'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <!-- Console serial --> <serial type='pty'> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> </devices> </domain>
image for Juniper's virtual QFX switch. This image acts as the control plane for the virtual switch and is designed to run within a QEMU-based virtualization environment like 1. Requirements for Setup The brains of the operation, where the CLI
For the switch to function, the RE and PFE must be connected via an internal bridge (em1 on RE to em1 on PFE). em0: Used for management (connected to your mgmt network). em1: Crucial. Connects the RE to the PFE. xe-interfaces: The data ports. Start Order: Start the PFE first, then the RE. 4. Initial Configuration and Troubleshooting
After creating a VM in virt-manager (using “Import existing disk image”), manually edit the XML with virsh edit vqfx-re :