If your node keeps rebooting, it’s usually a resource issue. Ensure your hypervisor has enabled and you’ve allocated enough memory. Without enough RAM, the loader> prompt will be as far as you get.
If you see the nxapi feature enabled, you’ve confirmed that the is up and ready for automation—exactly the “good feature” that makes this QCOW2 image so valuable.
: Ensure you have enough RAM allocated. If the switch drops to a loader > prompt, it usually means it cannot find the boot image or the file name is incorrect.
Use qemu-img info (Linux/Mac) or a hash check: