Once you have sourced the software package (usually named something like vmx-bundle-17.1R1.8.tgz ), download it to your local machine or your hypervisor server.
This tarball contains all the necessary components for deployment, including the Junos OS image ( junos-vmx-x86-64-17.1R1.8.qcow2 ), disk images for the VCP and VFP (such as vFPC-20170216.img and vmxhdd.img ), and metadata files required to configure the USB and storage interfaces.
md5sum vmx-bundle-17.1R1.8.tgz # OR for SHA256 shasum -a 256 vmx-bundle-17.1R1.8.tgz
tar xvf vmx-bundle-17.1R1.8.tgz cd vmx-17.1R1.8 ls -l
: This version is widely used in network simulation tools like for certification prep (JNCIA/JNCIS). System Requirements : The vCP typically requires at least 1024 MB RAM
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Each license is associated with a bandwidth tier: 100 Mbps, 250 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 5 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or 40 Gbps.