Standard Cisco demo images often come with throughput caps (e.g., 2 Mbps) or time-limited licenses. "Exclusive" versions are often sought after because they might have these limitations bypassed for educational use.
In the context of virtualization and hypervisor commands (especially virsh or qemu-img ), the term typically refers to locking or access mode .
: Indicates the software family (IOS XRv) and that it includes the K9 (strong encryption/crypto) feature set.
: Scripts are available to automate the setup of IOS XRv in Vagrant environments . Key Features and Limitations
Based on the specific filename you provided, this guide focuses on setting up and using (specifically the 64-bit K9 demo version) in a virtualized environment.
“Exclusive” typically means either:
, Vagrant, or KVM, the setup process for this image is relatively standardized: Preparation: If you have the image in format, you can easily convert it to to make it compatible with Linux-based hypervisors. Resources: