Cat9kv-prd-17.12.01prd9.qcow2 [upd]

Deploying the 17.12.01 image unlocks advanced capabilities across automated testing topologies and SD-WAN architectures: 1. Unified Routing and SD-WAN Codebase

: Full deployment capabilities for BGP EVPN VxLAN, Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), and LISP architectures.

: Inside the directory, rename the uploaded file to virtioa.qcow2 . This is the naming convention EVE-NG expects for the primary hard disk. cat9kv-prd-17.12.01prd9.qcow2

It is a software-emulated switch; it does not provide wire-speed hardware performance and is prone to high latency if the host CPU is oversubscribed .

: Designates that this is an officially packaged, stable, and compiled release intended for engineering and simulation use cases rather than a beta or development branch. Deploying the 17

: 4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended for SD-WAN operations or large BGP tables).

The cat9kv-prd-17.12.01prd9.qcow2 image is built to provide consistent Cisco IOS XE features across private clouds, public clouds, and local network simulation labs. Enterprise Edge & SD-WAN Routing This is the naming convention EVE-NG expects for

If experiencing packet drops under load, check your hypervisor interface statistics. Ensure that the host machine's vSwitch is not rate-limiting the VM ports and that Rx/Tx buffers match between the host NIC and the guest OS. 7. Licensing and Lifecycle Management

The file includes the virtualized forwarding engine. In a physical Catalyst 9300, this is an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). In the cat9kv , this is a software module that creates the dp-core to process packets in the CPU. This is why the host CPU resources matter for throughput on this image.