Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Layer 3

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Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Unicast Features, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)

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Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Unicast Features, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)


Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Unicast Features, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)

The features supported by the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch have maximum configuration limits. For some of the features, we have verified configurations that support limits less that the maximum. Table B-1 lists the Cisco verified limits and maximum limits for switches running Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1).

Table B-1 Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1) Configuration Limits 

Feature
Verified Limit
Maximum Limit

Layer 3 subinterfaces

1000

 

BGP

—

1000 peers

—

8,000 prefixes per peer

—

20 million paths total

HSRP

4000 IPv4 groups per system, with 3 seconds or 10 seconds timers.

4095 HSRP groups

100 HSRP groups per physical interface or VLAN interface.

—

Object tracking

500 objects

—

OSPF

—

200 interfaces

—

1000 routers

—

300 adjacencies

—

200,000 LSAs

—

Up to the system maximum VRFs in an OSPF instance

VRFs

1000 per system

—

VRRP

255 groups

—


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