This was created for and used with FreeZTP, but can likely be used with any Jinja2 templating system.
IOS-XE 3.7.4 cannot upgrade to 16.3.6 via smart-install because new force isn't appended. This workaround utilizes EEM applets in a Jinja2 switch template to download install the updated image.
A user's status can be set as Bypass in the Duo Admin Panel (to bypass 2FA), but as an exercise we can also use Duo's Auth Proxy along side a separate authentication server in an environment with Duo 2FA users and non-2FA users.
Considering the 9000v is really only for labbing this isn't a huge deal, but I was able but to default an interface from enable mode; config mode is not required. I don't know if this is something I'd neccessarily consider a bug, but its something I'll definitely keep in mind when working with these images.
Configure EIGRP on the N9K platform (running NX-OS code to support routing over vPCs) to establish dynamic routing adjacencies and achieve ECMP on a vPC VLAN over the vPC peer-link and L2 vPC links (port-channels).
Recently I received an RMA replacement for a CS-MARS-20 unit that had a failing drive.