| Category | Features | |----------|----------| | | OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, RIP, Static | | Multicast | PIM-SM/DM, IGMP, MSDP | | Security | SSH, IPSec (IKEv1/v2), GRE, DMVPN, ACL, Zone-based Firewall (ZBFW) | | MPLS | LDP, MPLS VPN (PE role), MPLS TE (basic) | | QoS | CBWFQ, LLQ, policing, shaping, WRED | | Management | SNMPv3, NetFlow, syslog, SPAN, EEM | | High Availability | HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, stateful NAT | | NAT | Static, dynamic, PAT, NAT64 | | DHCP | Server, relay, client |
While not a Viptela/vEdge, IOSv with the adventerprisek9 feature set can simulate a classic IOS-based WAN edge router in a pre-SDWAN or hybrid design. Vios-adventerprisek9-m.vmdk.spa.157-3.m3
| Component | Meaning | | :--- | :--- | | | Virtual IOS . Indicates this is a virtualized instance of Cisco IOS, designed to run on hypervisors (like VMware ESXi, KVM, or VirtualBox) rather than physical hardware. | | adventerprisek9 | Advanced Enterprise Services . This indicates the feature set license level. • adv : Advanced. • enterprise : Includes enterprise-class features (BGP, MPLS, etc.). • k9 : Strong cryptography (3DES, AES) is enabled for secure VPN and SSH. | | m | Memory/Extension . Often denotes the memory requirements or a specific image extension format in virtualized environments. | | vmdk | Virtual Machine Disk . This is the file format for virtual hard drives used by VMware. This confirms the image is meant to be "booted" as a virtual machine drive file. | | SPA | Shared Port Adapter . Indicates the hardware architecture support (often relating to the E-Series SIP/SPA hardware virtualization or the specific platform emulation). | | 157-3.M3 | Software Version . Decoded as Release 15.7(3)M3. • 15 : Major Version. • 7 : Minor Version. • 3 : Maintenance Rebuild. • M3 : Maintenance Release 3 (Extended Maintenance Release). | | Category | Features | |----------|----------| | |