Scale and Performance Capabilities for BGP EVPN VXLAN on Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Scale and Performance Capabilities for BGP EVPN VXLAN on Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

This section provides information about the platform capabilities and the scale values and for various components of a BGP EVPN VXLAN fabric. The numbers in the following table depend on the ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) scale. Use the SDM configuration templates to adjust the Layer 2 and Layer 3 TCAM forwarding table sizes based on the platform positioning. For more information, see Configuring SDM Templates module of the System Management Configuration Guide for the applicable release.

The scale values listed here are validated with a unidimensional configuration. The values provided in these tables focus on the scalability of one particular feature at a time.

The scale values are applicable to all the models, unless otherwise stated.

Product Specification
Switch Model C9500-12Q, C9500-24Q, C9500-16X, C9500-40X C9500-32C, C9500-32QC, C9500-48Y4C, C9500-24Y4C

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Leaf Scale
SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom Distribution Core NAT Custom

VXLAN Leaf Node (Per Fabric Domain)

 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

VRF

 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Layer 2 Virtual Network Instances (VNIs)

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

Layer 3 VNIs

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

Layer 3 VRF SVI Interface

 4094 4094 4094 4094 4094 4094 4094 4094

MAC Entries ( Local L2 Network)

 64000 16000 16000 128000 82000 32000 32000 128000

MAC Entries ( Remote EVPN VXLAN Network )

 64000 16000 16000 128000 82000 32000 32000 128000

Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

 64000 64000 64000 256000 114000 212000 212000 256000

Overlay IPv4 Host routes

 48000 32000 48000 256000 114000 212000 212000 256000

Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

 64000 64000 64000 256000 114000 212000 212000 256000

Overlay IPv6 Host routes

 48000 32000 48000 256000 114000 212000 212000 256000

Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM) IPv4

 16000 16000 16000 32000 2000 2000 2000 32000

TRM IPv6

 16000 16000 16000 32000 2000 2000 2000 32000

TRMv4: Overlay Multicast Routes (*,G and S,G)

 16000 32000 32000 32000 16000 32000 32000 32000

TRMv6: Overlay Multicast Routes (*,G and S,G)

 16000 32000 32000 32000 16000 32000 32000 32000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - Pv4 Ingress Cache Entries

 128000 128000 128000 64000 98000 32000 32000 64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv4 Egress Cache Entries

 128000 128000 128000 64000 32000 32000 32000 64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Ingress Cache Entries

 128000 128000 128000 64000 32000 32000 32000 64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Egress Cache Entries

 128000 128000 128000 64000 32000 32000 32000 64000

Layer 2 VNI (L2VNI) Multicast Replication BUM Rate-Limiter

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

MicroSegmentation - Community VLAN to L2VNI

 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

NanoSegmentation - Isolated VLAN to L2VNI

 384 384 384 384 384 384 384 384

Wide Area Bonjour (mDNS) over VXLAN Service Instance Count

 15000 15000 15000 15000 15000 15000 15000 15000

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Spine Scale
SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom Distribution Core NAT Custom

BGP IPv4 Peer Scale

 250 250 250 250 1000 1000 1000 1000

BGP IPv6 Peer Scale

 250 250 250 250 1000 1000 1000 1000

BGP L2VPN EVPN Peer Scale

 250 250 250 250 1000 1000 1000 1000

Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

 64000 64000 64000 256000 114000 212000 212000

256000

Overlay IPv4 Host routes

 48000 32000 48000 256000 114000 212000 212000

256000

Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

 64000 64000 64000 256000 114000 212000 212000

256000
Overlay IPv6 Host routes 48000 32000 48000 256000 114000 212000 212000

256000

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Border Scale
SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom Distribution Core NAT Custom

EVPN to Layer 2 Handoff: IEEE 802.1Q

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

EVPN to Layer 2 Handoff: IEEE 802.1ad (QinQ)

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

EVPN to VRF Handoff: IP VRF (IPv4 and IPv6)

 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv4

256 256 256 256 512 512 512 512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv6

 256 256 256 256 512 512 512 512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv4

 256 256 256 256 512 512 512 512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv6

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512

EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Virtual Forwarding Instances (VFIs)

 512 512 512 512

512

 512 512 512

EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Neighbors Per VFI

 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128

EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Pseudowire

 512 512 512 512 512 512 512 512