Cisco Imp Virtualization (2K 2024)

Years ago, a rogue engineer—fired for loving physical hardware too much—had built a custom IOS image. It was a sentient configuration, a digital ghost trained only on legacy chassis routers. When the company virtualized, they migrated the ghost by accident.

The console cleared. For a moment, just a prompt: Router# cisco imp virtualization

conf t feature vm-awareness hostname Phoenix-Catalyst Years ago, a rogue engineer—fired for loving physical