Connect to the console. The image will auto-discover interfaces. You must configure an admin user and enable AAA new-model.
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# Create a bridge interface for connectivity sudo brctl addbr virbr0 sudo ip link set virbr0 up qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc -accel kvm -m 4096 -smp 2 -drive file=iosxrv-k9-demo-6.1.3.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2 -netdev bridge,id=net0,br=virbr0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:01 -serial mon:stdio -nographic Connect to the console