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Every part of this filename carries specific information about the software. Let us break it down:
: "Domestic" meant this version contained the "strong" stuff—full-strength encryption meant for the US and Canadian markets. To a network engineer in a lab, seeing "domestic" in the filename felt like holding the keys to the kingdom; it meant no throttled protocols and no compromised security. A Relic of Transition
: Set the network adapter type to virtio-net-pci . Using other types often prevents the interfaces (ge-0/0/x) from appearing.
However, unlike a physical MX router that costs thousands of dollars and consumes significant power, the vMX runs as a virtual machine (VM) under KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), VMware ESXi, or other Type-1 hypervisors.
The vMX is a carrier-grade virtual router that separates the (running Junos OS) and the Forwarding Plane (handling packet processing).
