Vqfx202r110reqemuqcow2 Work -

virsh start vqfx-re virsh console vqfx-re You should see the FreeBSD boot loader. —the first boot can take 3-5 minutes as it expands the root filesystem.

ls -lah vqfx202r110re.qcow2 file vqfx202r110re.qcow2 qemu-img info vqfx202r110re.qcow2 : file format: qcow2 virtual size: 4 GiB (4294967296 bytes) vqfx202r110reqemuqcow2 work

<cpu mode='host-model'/> Cause : The RE expects a PFE (Packet Forwarding Engine) to communicate with over inter-process communication (IPC). Without a PFE, the CLI may hang on show route . Workaround : Disable PFE liveness checks: virsh start vqfx-re virsh console vqfx-re You should

qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 vqfx202r110re.raw vqfx202r110re.qcow2 Most users fail at this stage. The default x86_64 PC machine type does not emulate the correct PCI topology for Juniper’s FreeBSD-based OS. Here is the working libvirt domain XML configuration. Critical XML Overrides After creating a VM in virt-manager (using “Import existing disk image”), manually edit the XML with virsh edit vqfx-re : Without a PFE, the CLI may hang on show route

set system processes dhcp-service disable set system processes l2ald disable set chassis fpc 0 offline For traffic forwarding tests (e.g., VXLAN routing), the RE alone won’t work. You need a separate vQFX PFE image ( vqfx202r110pfe.qcow2 ). Connect them via a virtual back-to-back link using a socket or vhost-user interface.