Starting around Junos 18.x and strictly enforced in 20.x, vQFX requires a license to enable the PFE to come online. Without a valid evaluation or paid license, the data plane will not initialize, rendering the switch useless for traffic forwarding.
Expected Output: Should report file format: qcow2 and virtual size: ~12G . vqfx-20.2r1.10-re-qemu.qcow2
Upon booting the RE image, connect to the serial console. Starting around Junos 18
Connect the first interface () to your management/admin VLAN. Upon booting the RE image, connect to the serial console
The file vqfx-20.2r1.10-re-qemu.qcow2 represents the Routing Engine (RE) component of the Juniper Virtual QFX (vQFX) Series switch, running Junos OS version . It is packaged in the QCOW2 (QEMU Copy On Write) format, which is the industry standard for KVM-based virtualization.
The is the virtual disk image for the Routing Engine (RE) of the Juniper vQFX10000