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Nexus Dashboard Capacity Planning

This page provides cluster sizing guidelines, as well as basic scale and support information, for Nexus Dashboard. The provided information has been tested and validated by Cisco, Cisco partners, or both.

NOTE: This tool provides information for a single cluster only. If your deployment requires multiple clusters (co-location scenario), you must size them separately based on the form factor and specific features enabled in each cluster.

For feedback on this tool, send email to ciscodcnapps-docfeedback@cisco.com.


NOTE: Starting with release 4.1.1, this page includes information from the Services Compatibility Matrix and NDFC Compatibility Matrix. If you are using Nexus Dashboard release prior to 4.1.1, refer to the above links for additional information.


Nexus Dashboard Release:
 
Persona: LAN
SAN
 
Deployment type: Greenfield
Upgrade
 
Cluster Form Factor: Physical (SE-NODE-G2 or ND-NODE-L4)
Virtual (vCenter/ESXi)
Virtual (KVM)
Cloud (AWS)
Cluster Form Factor: Physical
Virtual (vCenter/ESXi)
Virtual (KVM)
Cloud (AWS/Azure)
Cluster Form Factor: Physical
Virtual (vCenter/ESXi)
Virtual (KVM)
Cloud (AWS/Azure)
Linux (RHEL)
Cluster Form Factor: Physical
Virtual (vCenter/ESXi)
Virtual (KVM)
Cloud (AWS/Azure)
Cluster Form Factor: Physical
Virtual (vCenter)
Cloud (AWS/Azure)
 
Enabled features: Telemetry
Orchestration (ACI only)
Fabric Controller
Nexus Dashboard Services: Insights
Orchestrator
Fabric Controller
Nexus Dashboard Services: Insights
Orchestrator
Data Broker
Fabric Controller
Applications: NI
NAE
MSO
 
Total switches: 1-50 51-100 101-500
Total switches: 1-50 51-100 101-500
Total switches: 1-50 51-100 101-500
NI Flows: <10,000 <20,000
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