: If you or your company has an active support contract, you can open a support ticket with Juniper to request access to archived EOL software images.
While newer vMX releases (14.1R5 and later) split the control plane and forwarding plane into two VMs, the 14.1R4.8 image remains a "holy grail" for labs for several reasons: --- Jinstall-vmx-14.1r4.8-domestic.img Download
: Because it is a single image, you do not need to configure complex internal links between a virtual Control Plane (vCP) and a virtual Forwarding Plane (vFP). : If you or your company has an
: It can operate effectively with just 1 vCPU and 1 GB of RAM . : Assign at least 12 adapters
: Assign at least 12 adapters. Typically, eth0 is the management interface ( fxp0 ), and eth2 onward map to ge-0/0/0 , ge-0/0/1 , and so on. 2. Enable Local Forwarding