Introduction
The values provided in this guide should not be interpreted as theoretical system limits for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series hardware or Cisco NX-OS software. These limits refer to values that have been validated by Cisco. They can increase over time as more testing and validation is done.
Verified Scalability Limits
The tables in this section list the Cisco verified scalability limits for Cisco NX-OS . The values provided in these tables focus on the scalability of one particular feature at a time.
Each number is the absolute maximum currently supported by this Cisco NX-OS release for the corresponding feature. If the hardware is capable of a higher scale, future software releases might increase this verified maximum limit. Results might differ from the values listed here when trying to achieve maximum scalability with multiple features enabled.
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Feature |
3000 Platform Verified Limit |
3100 Platform Verified Limit (ALPM Mode) |
3100 Platform Verified Limit (Non-ALPM Mode) |
3132Q Platform Verified Limit |
3132Q-V Platform Verified Limit |
3132Q-X Platform Verified Limit |
3172PQ Platform Verified Limit |
31108PC-V Platform Verified Limit |
31108TC-V Platform Verified Limit |
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Active VLANs per switch |
4000 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
507 (RSTP) and 4013 (MSTP) |
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BFD neighbors |
64 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
104 |
104 |
104 |
104 |
104 |
104 |
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BFDv6 neighbors |
64 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
104 |
104 |
104 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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BGP neighbors |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
140 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
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BGPv4 neighbors (vPC) |
141 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
128 |
128 |
128 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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BGPv4 neighbors (non-vPC) |
141 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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BGPv6 (vPC) |
128 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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BGPv6 (non-vPC) |
128 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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BGP6 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
128 |
128 |
128 |
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Configurable QoS groups |
8 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
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EtherChannel Members |
32 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
32 |
32 |
32 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
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ECMP paths |
Not applicable |
16 |
16 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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ECMP |
64-way |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
64-way |
64-way |
64-way |
64-way |
64-way |
64-way |
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HSRP |
500 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
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HSRPv6 |
500 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
500 |
500 |
500 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IGMP Snooping groups |
8K |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
8000 |
8000 |
8000 |
8000 |
8000 |
8000 |
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IPv4 hosts |
8,000 (Nexus 3064PQ) 16,000 (All other Nexus 3000 Series platforms) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4096 (Multicast is 0.) |
4096 (Multicast is 0.) |
4096 (Multicast is 0.) |
16384 (Multicast is 0.) |
16384 (Multicast is 0.) |
16384 (Multicast is 0.) |
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IPv6 host routes |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
4096 (4096 is reserved for multicast.) |
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IPv4 LPM routes (No IPv6 carving) |
16K (with system urpf disabled) and 8192 (with system urpf enabled) |
128K (with system urpf disabled) 64K (with system urpf enabled) |
16K (with system urpf disabled) and 8K (with system urpf enabled) |
15360 (with system urpf disabled) and 7680 (with system urpf enabled) |
15360 (with system urpf disabled) and 7680 (with system urpf enabled) |
15360 (with system urpf disabled) and 7680 (with system urpf enabled) |
15360 (with system urpf disabled) |
15360 (with system urpf disabled) |
4000 (with system urpf disabled) |
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IPv6 LPM routes (No IPv6 carving) |
Not applicable |
80K (with system urpf disabled) 20K (with system urpf enabled) |
0 (with both, system urpf disabled and enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4000 (with system urpf disabled) |
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IPv6 LPM <=64 (no IPv6 carving) |
8K (with system urpf disabled) and 4K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
8K (with system urpf disabled) and 4K (with system urpf enabled) |
6144 (with system urpf disabled) and 2048 (with system urpf enabled) |
6144(with system urpf disabled) and 2048 (with system urpf enabled) |
6144 (with system urpf disabled) and 2048 (with system urpf enabled) |
6144 (with system urpf disabled) |
6144 (with system urpf disabled) |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM >64 and <=127 |
8K (with system urpf disabled) and 4K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
256 (with system urpf disabled) and 128(with system urpf enabled) |
256 (with system urpf disabled) and 128(with system urpf enabled) |
256 (with system urpf disabled) and 128(with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv4 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 1024) |
Not applicable |
96K (with system urpf disabled) |
12K (with system urpf disabled) and 6K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 1024) |
Not applicable |
5K (with system urpf disabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM <=64 (IPv6 carve value 1024) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
6K (with system urpf disabled) and 2K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM >64 (IPv6 carve value 1024) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
1024 (with system urpf disabled) and 512 (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv4 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 2048) |
Not applicable |
64K (with system urpf disabled) 32K (with system urpf enabled) |
8K (with system urpf disabled) and 4K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 2048) |
Not applicable |
5K (with system urpf disabled) 2K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM <=64 (IPv6 carve value 2048 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4K (with system urpf disabled) and 2K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM >64 (IPv6 carve value 2048) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
2K (with system urpf disabled) and 1K (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv4 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 3072) |
Not applicable |
32K (with system urpf disabled) |
4K(with system urpf disabled) and 2K(with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM routes (IPv6 carve value 3072) |
Not applicable |
15K (with system urpf disabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM <=64 (IPv6 carve value 3072) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
2K (with system urpf disabled) and 0 (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM >64 (IPv6 carve value 3072) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
3072(with system urpf disabled) and 0 (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv4 LPM Routes(IPv6 carve value 4096) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
0 (with both, system urpf disabled and enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM <=64 (IPv6 carve value 4096) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
0 (with both, system urpf disabled and enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv6 LPM >64 (IPv6 carve value 4096) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4096 (with system urpf disabled) and 2048 (with system urpf enabled) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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Layer 3 physical interfaces |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
64 |
64 |
64 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
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Layer 3 SVI, subinterfaces EtherChannels |
1024 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
1024 |
1024 |
1024 |
1024 |
1024 |
1024 |
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MAC address table |
Not applicable |
32K |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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MAC table size (non-vPC) |
128,000 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
131,072 |
131,072 |
131,072 |
98000 |
98000 |
Not applicable |
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MAC table size (vPC) |
40K |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
131,072 |
131,072 |
131,072 |
98000 |
98000 |
98000 |
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MST instances |
65 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
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MTU |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
9216 |
9216 |
9216 |
9216 |
9216 |
9216 |
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Multicast routes |
4,000 (Nexus 3064PQ) 8,000 (All other Nexus 3000 Series platforms) |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
8000 routes |
8000 routes |
8000 routes |
8000 routes |
8000 routes |
8000 |
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Number of switch port EtherChannels |
64 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
32 |
32 |
32 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Number of system logging destination ports |
8 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
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OSPF neighbors |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
128 |
128 |
128 |
128 |
128 |
128 |
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OSPFv3 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
128 |
128 |
128 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
128 |
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sFlow |
64 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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SNMP Servers |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
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SPAN sessions |
2 active sessions |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
2 active sessions |
2 active sessions |
2 active sessions |
2 active sessions |
2 active sessions |
2 active sessions |
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SSH |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
32 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
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STP logical interfaces |
9000 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
9000 |
9000 |
9000 |
9000 |
9000 |
9000 |
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TCAM entries for ACL |
1664 ingress and 1024 egress |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
2048 ingress and 512 egress |
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Telnet session |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
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VRF |
1000 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
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VRRP |
255 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Note |
Starting with Release 7.0(3)I5(1), you can configure upto 2034 Layer 2 VNIs with 32 static ingress replication peers on the following Cisco Nexus 3000 Series platforms:
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Feature |
3132Q Platform Verified Limit |
3132Q-V Platform Verified Limit |
3172Q Platform Verified Limit |
31108PC-V Platform Verified Limit |
31108TC-V Platform Verified Limit |
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VXLAN Flood and Learn |
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Layer 2 VNI |
640 |
640 |
640 |
640 |
640 |
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Underlay multicast groups |
500 |
200 |
500 |
200 |
200 |
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Overlay MAC addresses |
64,000 |
64,000 |
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VTEPS |
640 |
640 |
640 |
640 |
640 |
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Ingress replication peers |
640 |
640 |
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Ingress replication Layer 2 VNIs |
640 |
640 |
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MAC addresses for ingress replication |
64,000 |
64,000 |
64,000 |
64,000 |
64,000 |
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Local MAC (MAC on vpc leg) |
64,000 |
64,000 |
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VXLAN BGP eVPN |
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Layer 2VNI |
Not applicable |
640 |
Not applicable |
640 |
640 |
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Layer 3 VNI/VRFs |
Not applicable |
320 |
Not applicable |
320 |
320 |
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Underlay multicast groups |
Not applicable |
200 |
Not applicable |
200 |
200 |
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VTEPs |
Not applicable |
32 |
Not applicable |
32 |
32 |
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MAC addresses |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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IPv4 host routes |
Not applicable |
8000 |
Not applicable |
8000 |
8000 |
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IPv6 host routes |
Not applicable |
4000 |
Not applicable |
4000 |
4000 |
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Overlay IPv4 LPM routes |
Not applicable |
8000 |
Not applicable |
8000 |
8000 |
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Overlay IPv6 LPM routes |
Not applicable |
4000 |
Not applicable |
4000 |
4000 |
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VXLAN BGP eVPN Ingress Replication |
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Layer 2 VNI |
Not applicable |
640 |
Not applicable |
640 |
640 |
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Underlay multicast groups |
Not applicable |
320 |
Not applicable |
320 |
320 |
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VTEPs |
Not applicable |
32 |
Not applicable |
32 |
32 |
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MAC addresses |
Not applicable |
64,000 |
Not applicable |
64,000 |
64,000 |
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IPv4 host routes |
Not applicable |
8000 |
Not applicable |
8000 |
8000 |
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IPv6 host routes |
Not applicable |
4000 |
Not applicable |
4000 |
4000 |
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Overlay IPv4 LPM routes |
Not applicable |
8000 |
Not applicable |
8000 |
8000 |
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Overlay IPv6 LPM routes |
Not applicable |
4000 |
Not applicable |
4000 |
4000 |
Verified Topology Limits
The tables in this section list the verified scaling capabilities with all listed features enabled at the same time. The scale numbers listed here exceed those used by most customers in their topologies. These numbers are not the maximum verified values if each feature is viewed in isolation.
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Feature |
3064 Platform Verified Limit |
3132Q-V Platform Verified Limit |
3132Q-X Platform Verified Limit |
3172PQ Platform Verified Limit |
31108PC-V Platform Verified Limit |
31108TC-V Platform Verified Limit |
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VXLAN Flood and Learn |
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Overlay MAC addresses |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
2000 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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Layer 2 VNI |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
200 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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Underlay multicast groups |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
100 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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Ingress replication peers |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
100 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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Ingress replication Layer 2 VNIs |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
100 |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
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