Scale and Performance Capabilities for BGP EVPN VXLAN on Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

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
Supervisor Engine Module Sup-1

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Leaf Scale

SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom

VXLAN Leaf Node (Per Fabric Domain)

500

500

500

500

VRF

1000

1000

1000

1000

Layer 2 Virtual Network Instances (VNIs)

512

512

512

512

Layer 3 VNIs

512

512

512

512

Layer 3 VRF SVI Interface

4094

4094

4094

4094

MAC Local Hosts

82000

32000

32000

128000

MAC Remote Hosts

82000

32000

32000

128000

Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv4 Host routes

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv6 Host routes

114000

212000

212000

256000

Tenant Routed Multicast (TRM) IPv4

2000

2000

2000

32000

TRM IPv6

2000

2000

2000

32000

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

16000

32000

32000

32000

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

16000

32000

32000

32000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - Pv4 Ingress Cache Entries

98000

32000

32000

64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv4 Egress Cache Entries

32000

32000

32000

64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Ingress Cache Entries

32000

32000

32000

64000

EVPN VXLAN Aware Flexible NetFlow - IPv6 Egress Cache Entries

32000

32000

32000

64000

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

512

512

512

512

MicroSegmentation - Community VLAN to L2VNI

2000

2000

2000

2000

NanoSegmentation - Isolated VLAN to L2VNI

384

384

384

384

Wide Area Bonjour (mDNS) over VXLAN Service Instance Count

15000

15000

15000

15000

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Spine Scale

SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom

BGP IPv4 Peer Scale

1000

1000

1000

1000

BGP IPv6 Peer Scale

1000

1000

1000

1000

BGP L2VPN EVPN Peer Scale

1000

1000

1000

1000

Overlay IPv4 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv4 Host routes

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv6 routes (LPM or Indirect Routes)

114000

212000

212000

256000

Overlay IPv6 Host routes

114000

212000

212000

256000

BGP EVPN / VXLAN -- Border Scale

SDM Template Distribution Core NAT Custom

EVPN to Layer 2 Handoff: IEEE 802.1Q

512

512

512

512

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

512

512

512

512

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

1000

1000

1000

1000

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv4

512

512

512

512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Unicast Handoff: VPNv6

512

512

512

512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv4

512

512

512

512

EVPN to MPLS Layer 3 VRF Multicast Handoff: mVPNv6

512

512

512

512

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

512

128

512

512

EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Neighbors Per VFI

128

128

128

128

EVPN to VPLS Layer 2 Handoff: Pseudowire

512

512

512

512