--- title: Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net... description: Networking vendors releasing free virtual machine or container images of their operating systems is a positive trend, but those images must work reliably out... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Networking vendors releasing free virtual machine or container images of their operating systems is a positive trend, but those images must work reliably out... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8DiIVFIjh.png og:image:alt: Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Networking vendors releasing free virtual machine or container images of their operating systems is a positive trend, but those images must work reliably out of the box. Several vendors fall short: Junos vPTX had a DHCP bug taking months to fix, Dell OS10 5.6.2 has an SSH server that fails to start ~30% of the time (fixed in 5.6.6), Dell Enterprise Sonic is missing a KVM platform config file making its data plane non-functional, and Nokia's Ansible collection for SR OS hasn't been updated since 2022. The post argues that broken images do more harm than good, that support channels must exist for non-paying users, and that fix timelines of months or years are unacceptable. By contrast, Arista, Aruba CX, Cisco, Juniper vSRX, Mikrotik, Nokia SR Linux, and VyOS worked reliably on first try. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Dell OS10 work reliably as a Vagrant box for network automation testing? Dell OS10 release 5.6.2 has an SSH server that fails to start in approximately 30% of cases, making it unreliable for CI/CD pipelines. The problem was reported on Dell's community forum in 2022 and went unresolved for paying customers only. Dell OS10 release 5.6.6 resolved the issue and works reliably. _Network engineers automating lab testing track vendor VM reliability issues like these on daily.dev._ ### Why does Nokia SR OS Ansible collection nokia.grpc crash or not work with newer Ansible versions? The nokia.grpc Ansible Galaxy collection has not had its version number updated since February 2020, meaning fixes are not published to Galaxy even if they exist in the GitHub repo. A workaround is to downgrade Ansible to release 4.10 and install the nokia.grpc collection directly from GitHub. The fix on the Ansible side was merged in release 9.5.1 after a year and a half. _Teams managing Nokia SR OS automation can follow nokia.grpc and Ansible compatibility developments on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why Modern IPv6 Failed This Massive Kubernetes Networking Test](https://daily.dev/posts/why-modern-ipv6-failed-this-massive-kubernetes-networking-test-fytvdzaz2) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I stopped being afraid to break my systems after learning what each OS actually needs to recover](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-being-afraid-to-break-my-systems-after-learning-what-each-os-actually-needs-to-recover-hot0iyuat) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Networking Aspects of Running VMs in Containers « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/networking-aspects-of-running-vms-in-containers-ipspace-net-blog-gttjndloc) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:34.400Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:36:03.582Z","description":"Networking vendors releasing free virtual machine or container images of their operating systems is a positive trend, but those images must work reliably out...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/194530bb5a7ba595f084594ed49f4eec?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/194530bb5a7ba595f084594ed49f4eec?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devops,networking,ansible","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Famous Last Words: I'm Too Stupid for That « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/famous-last-words-i-m-too-stupid-for-that-ipspace-net-blog-8diivfijh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Dell OS10 work reliably as a Vagrant box for network automation testing?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dell OS10 release 5.6.2 has an SSH server that fails to start in approximately 30% of cases, making it unreliable for CI/CD pipelines. 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