Verified Scalability
for Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN
This chapter contains the following sections:
- Overview of Verified Scalability
- Verified System-Level Scalability
- Verified Scalability for Leaf Switch
- Verified Scalability for Border Leaf Switch
Overview of Verified Scalability
This document lists the verified scalability limits for Cisco Programmable Fabric with virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) Border Gateway Protocol Ethernet VPN (BGP EVPN).
In the tables provided in this topic, the Verified Limit column lists the verified scaling capabilities, with all the listed features enabled at the same time. The numbers listed here exceed those used by most customers in their topologies. The scale numbers listed here are not the maximum verified values if each feature is viewed in isolation.
The scale numbers in the table are the absolute maximum values that are supported by Cisco NX-OS release software for VXLAN with BGP EVPN control plane.
For information about the list of verified maximum scale capabilities tested for the corresponding features individually, refer to the respective Cisco Nexus 5600 Switches, Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 7700 Switches, and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches scalability guides.
 Note | The scale numbers for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches as part of Cisco Programmable Fabric will be available in a subsequent release of the Verified Scalability Guide. |
Verified System-Level Scalability
This table lists the verified system-level scalability for Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN deployment.
|
Feature |
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Verified Limit |
Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Verified Limit |
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and Cisco Nexus 7700 Verified Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Spine |
2 (Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches) |
2 | 2 |
| Spine |
8 (Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches) |
8 | 8 |
| Leaf |
252 |
252 | 252 |
| Route Reflector |
2 |
2 | 2 |
| Rendezvous Points |
2 |
2 | 2 |
| VTEP1 |
256 |
256 | 256 |
| VRF (Layer-3) VNI |
12,000 |
12,000 | 12,000 |
| Layer-2 VNI |
200,000 |
200,000 | 200,000 |
| BGP EVPN Prefix |
512,000 |
512,000 | 512,000 |
Verified Scalability for Leaf Switch
This table lists the verified scalability for a leaf switch in a Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN deployment.
|
Feature |
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Verified Limit |
Cisco Nexus 5600 and Cisco Nexus 20002 Series Verified Limit |
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series, Cisco Nexus 7700 and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Verified Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| VNI 3 |
Layer-3 (752) + Layer-2 (1000) , Layer-3 (100) + Layer-2 (500) |
Layer-3 (250) + Layer-2 (1250), Layer-3 (500) + Layer-2 (1000) | Layer-3 (600) + Layer-2 (1000), Layer-3 (100) + Layer-2 (500) |
| IPV4 Routes |
32,000 |
24,000 | 20,0004 |
| IPV6 Routes |
8,000 |
12,000 | 6000 |
| MAC Address |
40,000 |
36,000 | 26,000 |
| vPC - HIF |
44 Switch vPC |
44 Switch vPC / 110 FEX HIF vPC | 44 Switch vPC / 110 FEX HIF vPC |
| FEX |
Not Applicable |
24 | 30 |
| Overlay Multicast Sources |
300 |
1250 | 200 |
| L2 Multicast Receivers IGMP Snooping |
Not Applicable |
Not Applicable5 | 1250 |
| Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Routing |
8 |
8 | 8 |
| Multicast routes - Underlay |
128 |
250 | 600 |
Verified Scalability for Border Leaf Switch
This table lists the verified scalability for a border leaf switch in a Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN deployment.
|
Feature |
Cisco Nexus 5600 Verified Limit |
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and Cisco Nexus 7700 Verified Limit |
|---|---|---|
| VRF | 800 | 10006 |
| VNI 7 | Layer-3 (200), Layer-2 ext (1000) / Layer-3 (750), Layer-2 ext (750) | Layer-3 (1000), Layer-2 ext (600) |
| IPV4 Routes | 24,000 | 32,000 |
| IPV6 Routes | 8000 | 8000 |
| Multicast Groups | 800 | 1000 |
| eBGP Neighbors | 500 | 1000 |
| Subinterfaces | 500 | 1000 |
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