The nexus9300v.9.3.9.qcow2 is a virtual switch image designed to simulate the control plane of a Cisco Nexus 9300 Go to product viewer dialog for this item.
8. Use Cases
Cisco DC certification labs (CCIE DC, CCNP DC)
VXLAN EVPN control-plane testing with multi-site
Automation testing (Ansible, Nornir, pyATS)
NX-OS upgrade/downgrade simulations (requires install all via bootflash)
Programmability (Python on-box, gRPC, NETCONF)
Boot: Start the VM. The console will output the familiar NX-OS loader.
OS: Do not use any media; set Guest OS to Linux (5.x kernel).
System: Enable QEMU Agent (SCSI VirtIO).
Hard Disk: Select your uploaded image. Set Bus/Device to VirtIO Block.