Scale and Performance Capabilities for BGP EVPN VXLAN on Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches
This section provides information about the platform capabilities and the scale values 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.
Product Specification | ||||||
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Supervisor Engine Module | C9600-SUP-1 | C9600X-SUP-2 | ||||
BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Leaf Scale |
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SDM Template | Distribution | Core | NAT | Custom | Core | Custom |
VXLAN Leaf Node (Per Fabric Domain) |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
VRF |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
Layer 2 Virtual Network Instances (VNIs) |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Layer 3 VNIs |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Layer 3 VRF SVI Interface |
4094 |
4094 |
4094 |
4094 |
4094 |
4094 |
MAC Local Hosts |
82000 |
32000 |
32000 |
128000 |
128000 |
256000 |
MAC Remote Hosts |
82000 |
32000 |
32000 |
128000 |
128000 |
256000 |
Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes) |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
1500000 |
1500000 |
Overlay IPv4 Host routes |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
256000 |
256000 |
Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes) |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
600000 |
600000 |
Overlay IPv6 Host routes |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
256000 |
256000 |
Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM) IPv4: Overlay Multicast Groups (IGMP) |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
32000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
TRM IPv6: Overlay Multicast Groups (MLD) |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
32000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
TRMv4: Overlay Multicast Routes (*,G and S,G) |
16000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
TRMv6: Overlay Multicast Routes (*,G and S,G) |
16000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - Pv4 Ingress Cache Entries |
98000 |
32000 |
32000 |
64000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv4 Egress Cache Entries |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
64000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Ingress Cache Entries |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
64000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Egress Cache Entries |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
64000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Layer 2 VNI (L2VNI) Multicast Replication BUM Rate-Limiter |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
MicroSegmentation - Community VLAN to L2VNI |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
NanoSegmentation - Isolated VLAN to L2VNI |
384 |
384 |
384 |
384 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Wide Area Bonjour (mDNS) over VXLAN Service Instance Count |
15000 |
15000 |
15000 |
15000 |
15000 |
15000 |
BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Spine Scale |
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SDM Template | Distribution | Core | NAT | Custom | Core | Custom |
BGP IPv4 Peer Scale |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
BGP IPv6 Peer Scale |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
BGP L2VPN EVPN Peer Scale |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes) |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
1500000 |
1500000 |
Overlay IPv4 Host routes |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
256000 |
256000 |
Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes) |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
600000 |
600000 |
Overlay IPv6 Host routes |
114000 |
212000 |
212000 |
256000 |
256000 |
256000 |
BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Border Scale |
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SDM Template | Distribution | Core | NAT | Custom | Core | Custom |
EVPN to Layer 2 Handoff: IEEE 802.1Q |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
EVPN to Layer 2 Handoff: IEEE 802.1ad (QinQ) |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
EVPN to VRF Handoff: IP VRF (IPv4 and IPv6) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv4 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv6 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv4 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv6 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Virtual Forwarding Instances (VFIs) |
512 |
128 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Neighbors Per VFI |
128 |
128 |
128 |
128 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Pseudowire |
512 |
512 |
512 |
512 |
Not supported |
Not supported |