The filename follows Huawei’s standard versioning nomenclature:
It is best practice to avoid using the base image directly. Create a linked clone or a copy to preserve the original file.
cp NE40E-V800R011C00SPC607B607.qcow2 ne40e-lab-node1.qcow2
The NE40E-V800R011C00SPC607B607.QCOW2 is a QEMU Copy On Write (QCOW2) image, a virtual disk image format used by QEMU, an open-source emulator and virtualizer. This particular image is associated with the Huawei NE40E series of network routers, which are high-performance, multiservice, and routing network devices.