Forwarding Scale Profiles Information for Cisco APIC Releases 5.2(5) Through 5.2(8) and 5.3(1)

Supported Platforms

This section provides forwarding scale profiles hardware support information for releases 5.2(5) through 5.2(8) and 5.3(1).


Note

Switches that are not listed in the following table do not support forwarding scale profiles in this release.

Full scale support for High Policy, Multicast Heavy, and High IPv4 EP scale profiles requires the switches to have 32GB of RAM

Scale Profile

Supported Switches

Dual Stack

  • Nexus 9300-EX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180LC-EX

  • Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches:

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2

    • N9K-C93216TC-FX2

    • N9K-C93240YC-FX2

    • N9K-C93360YC-FX2

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • Nexus 9300-FX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX-24

  • N9K-C9364D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348GC-FXP

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

  • N9K-C9358GY-FXP with 24GB of RAM

High Dual Stack

  • Nexus 9300-EX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180LC-EX

  • Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches:

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2

    • N9K-C93216TC-FX2

    • N9K-C93240YC-FX2

    • N9K-C93360YC-FX2

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • Nexus 9300-FX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX-24

  • N9K-C9364D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348GC-FXP

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

  • N9K-C9358GY-FXP with 24GB of RAM

High IPv4 EP Scale

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

High LPM

  • Nexus 9300-EX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180LC-EX

  • Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches:

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2

    • N9K-C93216TC-FX2

    • N9K-C93240YC-FX2

    • N9K-C93360YC-FX2

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • Nexus 9300-FX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX-24

  • N9K-C9364D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348GC-FXP

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

  • N9K-C9358GY-FXP with 24GB of RAM

High Policy

Note

 

Full scale for this profile requires FX, FX3, GX or GX2B models with 32GB of RAM.

  • Nexus 9300-EX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180LC-EX

  • Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches:

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2

    • N9K-C93216TC-FX2

    • N9K-C93240YC-FX2

    • N9K-C93360YC-FX2

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • Nexus 9300-FX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX-24

  • N9K-C9364D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348D-GX2A

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

IPv4 Scale

  • Nexus 9300-EX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX

    • N9K-C93108TC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX

    • N9K-C93180YC-EX-24

    • N9K-C93180LC-EX

  • Nexus 9300-FX2 series switches:

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2

    • N9K-C93216TC-FX2

    • N9K-C93240YC-FX2

    • N9K-C93360YC-FX2

    • N9K-C9336C-FX2-E

  • Nexus 9300-FX series switches:

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX

    • N9K-C93108TC-FX-24

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX

    • N9K-C93180YC-FX-24

  • N9K-C9364D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348D-GX2A

  • N9K-C9348GC-FXP

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

  • N9K-C9358GY-FXP with 24GB of RAM

Multicast Heavy

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX

  • N9K-C93600CD-GX

  • N9K-C9364C-GX

  • N9K-C9316D-GX

  • N9K-C9332D-GX2B

  • N9K-C93180YC-FX3

  • N9K-C93108TC-FX3P

Scalability

The following table provides forwarding scale profiles scalability information in releases 5.2(5) through 5.2(8) and 5.3(1).


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, FX2, FX2-E, and GX2A Switches

Scale for FX, FX3, FXP, GX and GX2B Switches

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 IPv4 EP Scale

Not supported.

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4 Local: 24,000

  • EP IPv4 Total: 280,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 40,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

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

High Policy

  • EP MAC: 16,000

  • EP IPv4: 16,000

  • EP IPv6: 8,000

  • LPM: 8,000

  • Policy: 100,000

  • Multicast: 8,000

Note

 

Except FXP switches.

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4: 24,000

  • EP IPv6: 12,000

  • LPM: 20,000

  • Policy: 256,000

  • 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

Multicast Heavy

Not supported.

  • EP MAC: 24,000

  • EP IPv4 Local: 24,000

  • EP IPv4 Total: 64,000

  • EP IPv6: 4,000

  • LPM: 20,000

  • Policy: 64,000

  • Multicast: 90,000 with (S,G) scale not exceeding 72,000