Users sometimes report that the first console connection hangs for 60 seconds, or interfaces show "up/down" randomly. Increase the QEMU NIC driver model in EVE-NG to e1000 instead of virtio-net-pci .
In the era of IOS XE on Linux and Containerlab, why use vios-adventerprisek9-m.spa.159-3.m2 ? Because it is and lightweight . While Cisco has moved to IOS XE CSR1000v (which requires 4GB+ of RAM per node), this classic IOSv image consumes under 1GB of RAM, allowing you to run 20+ routers on a single laptop. Users sometimes report that the first console connection
Here is a review of what it’s like to take this specific 15.9(3)M2 build for a spin in environments like GNS3, EVE-NG, or CML. In the era of IOS XE on Linux
Using an SCP client (like WinSCP or scp in Linux), transfer the QCOW2 file to your EVE-NG server: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/
You cannot run this .qcow2 file directly on VMware Workstation or Fusion (you would need a .vmdk conversion). This specific version is the gold standard for:
: .qcow2 , which is a "QEMU Copy-On-Write" file format optimized for virtual machine disk images.