: The target virtual disk format. QCOW2 (QEMU Copy-On-Write version 2) is the native storage format for the Quick Emulator (QEMU) and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisors. Why QCOW2 Matters
: Indicates that this is a virtualized image (Catalyst 9000V) designed to run on hypervisors rather than physical hardware. cat9kvprd171201prd9qcow2