Configuration Limits
The following tables list the Cisco verified limits for Cisco UCS 6324 FI-IOMs running Cisco UCS Manager release 3.0.
Ethernet Environment Configuration Limits
| Feature | Cisco UCS 6324 | ||||
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Active VLANs per Cisco UCS domain |
982 |
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VLAN/VSAN ID space per Cisco UCS domain |
4012 unreserved space For Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect, 4093 is additionally reserved. |
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STP
logical Interfaces (also referred to as VLAN port count) per FI-IOM
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2048 |
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VIFs
(virtual interfaces) per FI-IOM that map through VM-FEX to a vNIC or VM itself
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648 |
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IGMP groups per Cisco UCS domain |
250 |
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Uplink port channels per FI-IOM |
4 |
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Maximum number of uplinks per fabric FI-IOM |
4 |
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Member interfaces per port channel |
4 |
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Interfaces per FCoE port channel |
4 |
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QOS system classes per Cisco UCS domain |
6 |
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VIC Environment Configuration Limits
Static Virtual NICs per Host
| Cisco UCS 6324 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| OS | vNICs | vHBAs | Max Combination of vNICs and vHBAs |
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Win 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 |
20 |
16 |
12 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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Win 2012 and Win 2012 R2 |
20 |
16 |
12 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 - 6.5 64bit |
32 |
16 |
24 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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ESX 5.0 U2—ESX 5.5 |
26 |
16 |
18 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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XenServer 6.1 – 6.2 |
32 |
16 |
24 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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OL 6.4 64bit with UEK 2.6.39-400 Update 5 |
18 |
6 |
18 Enics and 6 Fnics |
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OL 6.4 64bit with UEK 3.8.13-16 |
18 |
6 |
18 Enics and 6 Fnics |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2 64bit |
32 |
16 |
24 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.3 64bit |
32 |
16 |
24 Enics and 8 Fnics |
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 |
32 |
N/A |
32 Enics |
Dynamic Virtual NIC
| Cisco UCS 6324 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max vNICs for Emulated Mode | Max vNICs for Hypervisor Bypass Mode | |||
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OS |
Half Width Blade (1 VIC) |
Full Width Blade (2 VIC) |
Half Width Blade (1 VIC) |
Full Width Blade (2 VIC) |
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ESXi 5.0 U2—5.5 |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
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Window 2012 (SR-IOV) |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
223 vNICs with 4 vHBAs |
114 vNICs and 2 vHBAs |
223 vNICs with 4 vHBAs |
Fibre Channel Environment Configuration Limits
| Feature | Cisco UCS 6324 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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VSANs |
32 |
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Zones |
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Native FC links |
4 |
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Virtual Fibre Channel interfaces per FI-IOM |
30 |
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Virtual Fibre Channel interfaces per blade
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16 |
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Flogis per fabric interconnect |
255 |
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Maximum number of SAN port channels |
1 |
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Maximum port channel members per port channel |
4 |
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Port channel mode in FC switching |
On |
VM-FEX Environment Configuration Limits
| Cisco UCS 6324 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hypervisor Manager | DVS /Logical Switches | |
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ESX/ESXi |
1 vCenter per Cisco UCS domain |
2 DVS per vCenter |
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Hyper-V |
1 SCVMM host per Cisco UCS domain |
2 logical switches per SCVMM |
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Port profiles per Cisco UCS domain |
38 |
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Dynamic ports per port profile |
4096 |
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Dynamic ports per DVS |
4096 |
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SCVMM Support Matrix
 Note |
When you configure scale environment, make sure to configure retention timer value as 30 minutes. |
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Microsoft Software |
Cisco UCS Software |
Active Directory Services |
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SCVMM 2012 SP1 |
Cisco UCS Manager, release 3.0(1) Infrastructure Bundle and Adapter Firmware Cisco ENIC Drivers for Windows Server 2012 |
AD 2008 R2 and SP1 or 2012 AD Domain Controller must have the following:
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Windows Hyper-V 2012 |
General Network Configuration Limits
| Feature | Cisco UCS 6324 |
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Unicast MAC addresses per fabric interconnect |
20000 entries |
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Multicast MAC addresses per fabric interconnect |
400 |
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Maximum MTU |
9216 |
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1G ports |
4—First 4 unified ports |
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IP storage appliances per fabric interconnect |
2 |
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SPAN active sessions per fabric interconnect |
2 |
General Management Configuration Limits
| Feature | Cisco UCS 6324 |
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Chassis per Cisco UCS domain |
1 |
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Maximum combined number of blade and rack servers |
15 (8 blade servers and 7 rack servers) |
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Local user accounts per Cisco UCS domain |
48 |
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Concurrent logins per user account |
64 This value is the same for both local and remote user accounts. This total includes a maximum of 32 concurrent GUI logins and 32 concurrent CLI logins per user account. |
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Active KVM sessions per individual CIMC |
4 |
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Concurrent CLI logins per Cisco UCS Manager |
32 |
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Concurrent GUI logins per Cisco UCS Manager |
256 |
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Number of LDAP groups per Cisco UCS Manager |
28 |
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Number of adapter end points per Cisco UCS Manager |
30 |
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