is a virtual appliance file used to deploy the Cisco IOS XRv router within virtualized environments. It is specifically designed for network engineers and students to simulate Cisco's high-end Service Provider operating system without requiring physical hardware. Key Overview
Getting started — high-level steps
It is primarily designed to simulate the control plane (protocols like BGP, OSPF, ISIS, and MPLS). 💡 Pro-Tip for Setup iosxrv-k9-demo-5.2.2.ova
: High-performance testing, EVPN/SRv6, production workloads, or security-sensitive environments. is a virtual appliance file used to deploy
| Purpose | Works well? | Notes | |---------|-------------|-------| | | ✅ Yes | Many older workbooks use 5.x | | BGP/MPLS VPN control plane | ✅ Yes | Full control-plane support | | Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) | ⚠️ Partial | Basic SR works, but some 6.x features missing | | EVPN/VXLAN | ❌ No | Too old for proper EVPN | | Netconf/YANG dev | ✅ Yes | With older models | | Traffic testing | ❌ No | No real throughput | iosxrv-k9-demo-5.2.2.ova
For complex topologies, convert the VMDK (from the OVA) to QCOW2 format to use in EVE-NG or GNS3 .