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: Run the exact same Junos OS that powers physical QFX5100 and QFX10000 switches.

This stands for . It is crucial to identify whether you are looking at the RE image or the PFE image (Packet Forwarding Engine). The RE contains the brains of the operation and is the primary VM you will configure.

and navigate to the QEMU directory:

<disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none' io='native'/> <source file='/images/vqfx202.qcow2'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'/>

+---------------------------------------------+ | Host Server | | | | +-----------------+ +---------------+ | | | vQFX RE VM | | vQFX PFE VM | | | | (Junos Control) | | (Data Plane) | | | +--------+--------+ +-------+-------+ | | | | | +-----------|----------------------|----------+ +--- Internal Bridge --+ 1. The Routing Engine (RE) vqfx202r110reqemuqcow2 top

: Driven by a separate companion image (often utilizing a cosim or dedicated PFE QCOW2 file). The PFE handles the actual data plane, forwarding network packets between the configured virtual interfaces.

The string vqfx202r110reqemuqcow2 is a squashed search keyword representing a standard Linux-based virtualization file path. Broken down into its structural components, it tells you exactly what the image contains: : Juniper's virtual QFX data center switch emulator. 202r110 : Version 20.2R1.10 of Junos OS. re : Routing Engine (the control plane of the switch). : Run the exact same Junos OS that

Using this specific, mature version of vQFX allows engineers to:

qemu-img convert -f qcow2 vqfx-20.2R1-2019010209-pfe-qemu.qcow -O raw vqfx-20.2R1-2019010209-pfe-qemu.raw The RE contains the brains of the operation