Forwarding Scale Profiles Information for Cisco APIC Releases 4.2(3) Through 4.2(7)

Supported Platforms

This section provides forwarding scale profiles hardware support information for releases 4.2(3l) through 4.2(7). Scale information for release 4.2(3j) is the same as Release 4.2(2).

The following table summarizes platform support for each forwarding scale profile.

Table 1. Supported Switches

Scale Profile

Supported on EX and FX2 Switches

Supported on FX and GX Switches

High Policy

No

Only supported on 93180YC-FX, 93600CD-GX, and 9364C-GX with 32 GB of RAM.

Dual Stack

Yes

Yes

High Dual Stack

Yes

Yes

Different scale numbers than EX/FX2.

High LPM

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Scale

Yes

Yes

The forwarding scale profile policy is only supported on the following switches:


Note


Support for Cisco Nexus N9K-C9364C-GX switches was added in Release 4.2(3l). This switch is not supported in the earlier 4.2(3) releases.


  • Forwarding scale profiles are supported on the following switches:

    • Cisco Nexus 9300-EX series switches

    • Cisco Nexus 9300-FX series switches

    • Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches

    • Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX switch

    • Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX switch

  • The High Policy profile is supported only on the following switches:

    • Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX with 32 GB of RAM

    • Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX with 32 GB of RAM

    • Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX with 32 GB of RAM

  • Switches not listed here do not support forwarding scale profiles in this release.

Scalability

The following table provides forwarding scale profiles scalability information in releases 4.2(3l) through 4.2(7). Scalability information for release 4.2(3j) is the same as Release 4.2(2).


Note


Support for Cisco Nexus N9K-C9364C-GX switches was added in Release 4.2(3l). This switch is not supported in the earlier 4.2(3) releases.



Note


The LPM scale listed in the following table includes any combination of IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes. The total of (# of IPv4 prefixes) + 2*(# of IPv6 prefixes) must not exceed the listed scale.


Scale Profile

Scale for EX and FX2 Switches

Scale for FX and GX Switches

High Policy

Not supported

Note

 

High Policy profile is supported only on the N9K-C93180YC-FX, N9K-C93600CD-GX, and N9K-C9364C-GX switches with 32GB of RAM.

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 20,000

  • Policy: 256,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

Dual Stack

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 20,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 20,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

High Dual Stack

  • EP MAC: 64,000

  • EP IPv4: 64,000

  • EP IPv6: 24,000

  • LPM: 38,000

  • Policy: 8,000

  • Multicast: 512

  • EP MAC: 64,000

  • EP IPv4: 64,000

  • EP IPv6: 48,000

  • LPM: 38,000

  • Policy: 128,000

  • Multicast: 32,000

High LPM

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 128,000

  • Policy: 8,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 128,000

  • Policy: 8,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

IPv4 Scale

  • EP MAC: 48,000

  • EP IPv4: 48,000

  • EP IPv6: 0

  • LPM: 38,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

  • EP MAC: 48,000

  • EP IPv4: 48,000

  • EP IPv6: 0

  • LPM: 38,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 8,000