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 |

