8 GB (4 GB may boot but causes control plane instability) Disk Space: 4 GB to 8 GB of thin-provisioned storage Hypervisor Settings QEMU Options: -cpu host,passthrough or -cpu Haswell-noTSX Network Drivers: virtio-net-pci or e1000
cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/nxosv9k-7.0.3.I7.4/ mv nxosv-final.7.0.3.I7.4.qcow2 sataa.qcow2
The nxosv9k-7.0.3.i7.4.qcow2 file is a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW2) virtual disk image. It contains the Cisco NX-OS software compiled to run on standard x86 hardware architectures via a hypervisor rather than on proprietary Cisco Nexus switching hardware.
2 Cores (minimum), 4 Cores (recommended for faster boot times). nxosv9k-7.0.3.i7.4.qcow2 plugin
Here’s a solid, technical post about the plugin, written as if for an internal wiki, DevOps forum, or lab documentation.
The principles and steps you have learned for the Nexus 9000v plugin—directory creation, file naming, permission fixing, and resource management—are directly transferable to nearly all other virtual network devices. This makes building and managing a truly heterogeneous, multi-vendor lab environment a highly achievable goal.
Requires a minimum of 8 GB RAM and 2 vCPUs to run smoothly in a virtual environment. Setup Guide for EVE-NG 8 GB (4 GB may boot but causes
EVE-NG uses wrapper scripts. Ensure you have the virtual image type selected, not the generic QEMU type.
: Use SCP or SFTP to upload your nxosv9k-7.0.3.i7.4.qcow2 file into that directory.
-machine type=pc,accel=kvm : Enables Hardware Acceleration (KVM). Running this image without KVM nested virtualization enabled on your host will result in extremely slow boot times (exceeding 20 minutes). Here’s a solid, technical post about the plugin,
Check your plugin settings for the NIC type. Ensure it is set to virtio-net-pci . Issue: Booting to the "Loader>" prompt.
To use this image in EVE-NG, you must follow specific directory and naming conventions.