Iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2 May 2026

Recommended qemu-system command-line example (adjust CPU/RAM/interfaces):

qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -machine accel=kvm \
  -m 4096 -smp 2 -cpu host \
  -drive file=iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2 \
  -netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no \
  -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 \
  -serial mon:stdio

Boot and access console via serial/console window.

Configure networking interfaces and basic system settings per IOS XR procedures.

Engineers use iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2 with:

Example Ansible inventory entry:

XRv:
  hosts:
    xrv-demo:
      ansible_host: 192.168.122.100
      ansible_network_os: iosxr
      ansible_user: cisco
      ansible_password: cisco

The image includes ncclient compatible SSH subsystem. Test get-config operations: Iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2

from ncclient import manager
with manager.connect(host='192.168.122.100', port=830, username='cisco', password='cisco', hostkey_verify=False) as m:
    print(m.get_config('running').xml)