Iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2

You don't need to purchase, power, or cool expensive hardware.

If you have spent any time building a home network lab for Cisco certification or feature testing, you have likely come across the file iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2 . Despite being an older release (IOS XR version 6.1.3), this image remains a lightweight, valuable tool for testing MPLS, routing protocols, and basic XR CLI structure. Iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2

Due to the "demo" designation, this image has very limited packet-forwarding throughput. It is meant for control plane testing , not traffic-forwarding performance tests. You don't need to purchase, power, or cool