| Resource | Minimum | Recommended for lab | |----------|---------|---------------------| | vCPU | 4 | 4-6 | | RAM | 8 GB | 12-16 GB | | Disk (thin provisioned) | ~4 GB | 8 GB (for logs & crashes) | | Hypervisors | KVM, Proxmox, VMware (with qemu-img conversion), EVE-NG, GNS3 |
In EVE-NG, the image must be placed in a specifically named directory, such as /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/nxosv9k-7.0.3.I7.4 , and the file itself is often renamed to sataa.qcow2 for the system to recognize it. nxosv9k-7.0.3.i7.4.qcow2
from netmiko import ConnectHandler device = 'device_type': 'cisco_nxos', 'ip': '192.168.1.100', 'username': 'admin', 'password': 'mysecret', | Resource | Minimum | Recommended for lab
If you have downloaded nxosv9k-7.0.3.i7.4.qcow2 , follow these steps to get it running on EVE-NG. This is the virtualized form factor, not for
| Component | Meaning | |-----------|---------| | | Cisco Nexus OS Virtual for Nexus 9000 series switches. This is the virtualized form factor, not for physical N9K hardware. | | 7.0.3 | Major and minor release train. All 7.0(x) releases are based on the classic NX-OS monolithic code (pre-ACI standalone mode). | | I7.4 | Sub-version. The I indicates a release from the 7.0(3)I7 train. .4 is the maintenance rebuild number. | | qcow2 | QEMU Copy-On-Write version 2 – the disk image format used by KVM, Proxmox, and Red Hat Virtualization. |
: Select "no" to jump straight to the CLI (Command Line Interface). ⚙️ Technical Specifications Requirement / Detail vCPU Minimum 2 (4 recommended for stable performance) RAM Minimum 8 GB (10-12 GB recommended for VXLAN topologies) Disk Format QCOW2 (QEMU Copy-On-Write) Architecture 64-bit (I7 series indicates the 64-bit standalone NX-OS) Management
Author(s): Swidzinski, Rafal • Kushnir, Alexander
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Pub. Date: 2024
pages: 503
ISBN: 978-1-80512-180-0
eISBN: 978-1-80512-336-1