Supported Platforms
This section provides forwarding scale profiles hardware support information for Release 5.1(3).
The following table summarizes platform support for each forwarding scale profile.
Scale Profile |
Supported on EX and FX2 Switches |
Supported on FX, FX3, and GX Switches |
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High Policy |
Yes |
Yes, except on FXP switches, C93180YC-FX3, and C93108TC-FX3P. Requires 32GB of RAM. Different scale numbers than EX/FX2. |
Dual Stack |
Yes |
Yes |
High Dual Stack |
Yes |
Yes Different scale numbers than EX/FX2. |
High LPM |
Yes |
Yes |
IPv4 Scale |
Yes |
Yes |
High IPv4 EP Scale |
No |
Only on N9K-C93180YC-FX, N9K-C93600CD-GX, and N9K-C93180YC-FX3 switches with 32GB RAM. |
Multicast Heavy |
No |
Only on N9K-C93180YC-FX,N9K-C93180YC-FX3, N9K-C93108TC-FX3P, and N9K-C93600CD-GX switches with 32GB RAM. |
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Forwarding scale profiles are supported on the following switches:
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Cisco Nexus 9300-EX series switches
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Cisco Nexus 9300-FX series switches
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Cisco Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches
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Cisco Nexus C93180YC-FX3 switch
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Cisco Nexus C93108TC-FX3P switch
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Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX switch
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Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX switch
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The High Policy profile is supported only on the following switches:
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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
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Cisco Nexus C9336C-FX2
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Cisco Nexus C93360YC-FX2
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The High IPv4 EP profile is supported only on the following switches:
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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus C93180YC-FX3 with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX with 32 GB of RAM
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The Multicast Heavy profile is supported only on the following switches:
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Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus C93180YC-FX3 with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus C93108TC-FX3P with 32 GB of RAM
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Cisco Nexus 93600CD-GX with 32 GB of RAM
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Switches not listed here do not support forwarding scale profiles in this release.