Nexus9300v.9.3.9.qcow2

nexus9300v.9.3.9.qcow2 is a practical option for engineers needing a virtual Nexus 9300 environment for learning, testing, and automation. Verify licensing and feature availability for your intended tests, follow hardware-sizing guidance, and isolate lab VMs from production infrastructure.

How you deploy the qcow2 file depends on your hypervisor. nexus9300v.9.3.9.qcow2

As of this writing, 9.3.9 is approaching its "End of Vulnerability/Security Support" if not there already. Do not use this image for production perimeter switching. This is for lab and test environments only. nexus9300v

Here are the direct links to the official Cisco resources for this specific file: follow hardware-sizing guidance

Use the virtual image in Jenkins or GitLab runners to validate configuration changes via Ansible or Terraform.