Recommended Computing Resources for Cisco SD-WAN Controller Release 20.4.x (On-Prem Deployment)

Single Tenant

The supported hardware specifications for the Cisco vBond Orchestrator, Cisco vManage, and the Cisco vSmart Controller are as follows:


Note

For cloud deployments, the Cisco operation teams actively monitor the customer deployment and add resource in collaboration with the customer. This topic does not include recommendations for Cisco cloud deployments.

Table 1. Cisco SD-WAN Manager Recommended Computing Resources

Devices

Aggregated Statistics from Edge Devices

Nodes and Deployment Models

vCPUs *

RAM*

Storage Size*

Deployment Type

On-Prem

DPI Disabled

<250

N/A

One Node vManage (All Services)

16 vCPUs

32 GB RAM

500 GB

UCS

250-1000

N/A

One Node vManage (All Services)

32 vCPUs

64 GB RAM

1 TB

UCS

1000-1500

N/A

One Node vManage (All Services)

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

1 TB

UCS

1500-2000

N/A

Three Node vManage Cluster (All Services)

32 vCPUs

64 GB RAM

1 TB

UCS

2000-5000

N/A

Three Node vManage Cluster (All Services)

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

1 TB

UCS

0-2000

Disabled

Three Node vManage Cluster (All Services)

32 vCPUs

64 GB RAM

1 TB

HX

2000-5000

Disabled

Three Node vManage Cluster (All Services)

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

1 TB

HX

DPI Enabled

<250

50 GB/Day

One Node vManage (All Services)

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

10 TB

UCS

250-1000

100 GB/Day

Three Node vManage Cluster (All Services)

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

10 TB

UCS

1000-2000

1.2 TB/Day**

Six Node vManage Cluster (3 Node with ConfigDB, AppServer), 3 Nodes (Stats, AppServer) all nodes messaging server

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

10 TB

UCS

1000-4000

1.8 TB/Day**

Six Node vManage Cluster (3 Node with ConfigDB), All Nodes messaging server, Stats, AppServer

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

10 TB

UCS

* vCPU, RAM, and Storage Size numbers are on per Cisco vManage basis. The Storage Size numbers are the maximum tested values by Cisco, you can allocate smaller storage sizes.

** For a larger dataset per day and a larger number of device support, have Stats running on all servers.

To achieve scale beyond the above mentioned numbers, deploy multiple overlays.


Note

If DPI is enabled, we recommend to have Stats Service running on all Cisco vManage nodes, to achieve a larger dataset and better performance.

Table 2. Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator Recommended Computing Resources for HX/UCS

Devices

vCPUs

RAM

OS Volume

vNICs

1-50

2

4 GB

10 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

51-250

2

4 GB

10 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

251-1000

2

4 GB

10 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

1001 or more

4

8 GB

10 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)
Table 3. Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Recommended Computing Resources for HX/UCS

Devices

vCPUs

RAM

OS Volume

vNICs

1-50

2

4 GB

16 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

51-250

4

8 GB

16 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

251-1000

4

16 GB

16 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)

1001 or more

8

16 GB

16 GB

2 (one for tunnel interface, one for management)



Testbed Specifications

Table 4. Testbed specifications for UCS Platforms

Hardware SKU

Specifications

UCSC-C240-M5SX

UCS C240 M5 24 SFF + 2 rear drives without CPU, memory cards, hard disk, PCIe, PS

UCS-MR-X16G1RT-H

16GB DDR4-2933-MHz RDIMM/1Rx4/1.2v

UCS-CPU-I6248R

Intel 6248R 3GHz/205W 24C/35.75MB DDR4 2933MHz

UCS-SD16T123X-EP

1.6TB 2.5in Enterprise Performance 12G SAS SSD (3X endurance)
Drive specifications:

  • Interface Speed— 12.0 Gbit per second

  • Read speed (64KB) —1800 MB per second

  • Write speed (64KB)—850 MB per second


Note

  • The recommended numbers are based on the test setup specifications. Systems below these requirements may have challenges processing high volume of statistics data like DPI.

  • Tested with 10 TB Volume (8 X 1.6 TB SSD Drives Raid 0).

  • Default hyperthreading is enabled.

  • Slower disks can impact processing speed.
Table 5. Testbed specifications for HX Platforms

Hardware SKU

Specifications

HXAF240-M5SX

Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M5 All Flash Node

HX-MR-X32G2RT-H

32GB DDR4-2933-MHz RDIMM/2Rx4/1.2v

HX-CPU-I6248

Intel 6248 2.5GHz/150W 20C/24.75MB 3DX DDR4 2933 MHz

HX-SD38T61X-EV

3.8TB 2.5 inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD

HX-NVMEXPB-I375

375GB 2.5 inch Intel Optane NVMe Extreme Performance SSD
Drive specifications:

  • The tested replication factor is 3.

  • The default compression on the HX system is applicable to all cases. This compression is automatically determined by the system and cannot be configured.



Multitenant

The supported hardware specifications for the Cisco vBond Orchestrator, Cisco vManage, and the Cisco vSmart Controller are as follows:

Table 6. On-prem Deployment

Server

Cisco SD-WAN Manager

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller

Deployment Model

Cluster

N/A

Non-containerized

Number of Instances

3

2

2 per 24 tenants

CPU

DRAM

Hard Disk

32 vCPU

72 GB

1 TB

4 vCPU

4 GB

10 GB

8 vCPU

16 GB

16 GB

NMS Service Distribution

Some services run on all three Cisco vManage instances in the cluster, while some services run on only one of the three instances in the cluster. Therefore, the CPU load may vary among the instances.

N/A

N/A

Note

If DPI is enabled, we recommend that the aggregated DPI data across all Cisco vManage instances and all tenants in the multi-tenant system not exceed 350 GB per day.