Table 60-1 Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Configuration Limits
Feature
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Verified Limit for SANOS 3.1(x)
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Verified Limit for SANOS 3.2(x)
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Maximum Limit
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VSANs
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80 VSANs per physical fabric
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80 VSANs per physical fabric
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4000 VSANs per physical fabric
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Switches in a single MDS physical fabric or VSAN
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56 switches per fabric1
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60 switches per fabric (75 switches per fabric1)
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239 switches
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Switches in multivendor switch fabric
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32 switches per VSAN
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32 switches per VSAN
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239 switches
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Domains per VSAN
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56 domains per VSAN1
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60 domains per VSAN (75 domains per VSAN1)
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239 domains
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FCNS entries per fabric
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10K per fabric
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10K per fabric
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10K per fabric
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Device alias2
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8K per fabric
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8K per fabric
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20K per fabric
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Zone members
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16,000 zone members per physical fabric (includes all VSANs)
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16,000 zone members per physical fabric (includes all VSANs)
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20,000 zone members per physical fabric (includes all VSANs)
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Zones
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8000 zones per switch (includes all VSANs)
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8000 zones per switch (includes all VSANs)
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8000 zones per switch (includes all VSANs)
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Zone sets
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500 zone sets per switch (includes all VSANs)
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500 zone sets per switch (includes all VSANs)
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1000 zone sets per switch (includes all VSANs)
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Supported hops for all major storage, server, and HBA vendors
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7 hops (diameter of the SAN fabric)
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7 hops (diameter of the SAN fabric)
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12 hops
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IVR zone members
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4000 IVR zone members per physical fabric
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4000 IVR zone members per physical fabric
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20,000 IVR zone members per physical fabric in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) and later
10,000 IVR zone members per physical fabric prior to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3)
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IVR zones
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2000 IVR zones per physical fabric
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2000 IVR zones per physical fabric
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8000 IVR zones per physical fabric in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) and later
2000 IVR zones per physical fabric prior to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3)
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IVR zone sets
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32 IVR zone sets per physical fabric
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32 IVR zone sets per physical fabric
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32 IVR zone sets per physical fabric
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IVR service groups
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16 service groups per physical fabric
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16 service groups per physical fabric
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16 service groups per physical fabric
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FLOGIs or F Disc per NPV port group See "Port-Naming Conventions" section on page 11-2 for information on port groups.
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N/A
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114
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114
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NPV switches per NPV core switch
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N/A
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105
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105
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FLOGIs per line card on NPV core switch
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N/A
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400
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400
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ISL instances per switch3
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Up to 200 ISLs, each with 16 VSANs, for a total of 3200 port-VSAN instances. You can configure more than 200 ISLs with fewer than 16 VSANs, or fewer than 200 ISLs with more than 16 VSANs, within the total ports per VSAN instance limit of 3200.
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Up to 200 ISLs, each with 16 VSANs, for a total of 3200 port-VSAN instances. You can configure more than 200 ISLs with fewer than 16 VSANs, or fewer than 200 ISLs with more than 16 VSANs, within the total ports per VSAN instance limit of 3200.
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Up to 200 ISLs, each with 16 VSANs, for a total of 3200 port-VSAN instances. You can configure more than 200 ISLs with fewer than 16 VSANs, or fewer than 200 ISLs with more than 16 VSANs, within the total ports per VSAN instance limit of 3200.
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IP ports per switch
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No limits
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No limits
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No limits
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Fibre Channel modules vs. IPS modules per switch
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No limits
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No limits
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No limits
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iSCSI and iSLB sessions per IP port
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500 sessions
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500 sessions
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500 sessions
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iSCSI and iSLB sessions per switch
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5000 sessions
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5000 sessions
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5000 sessions
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iSCSI and iSLB initiators supported in physical fabric
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2000 initiators
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2000 initiators
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2000 initiators
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iSCSI and iSLB targets per physical fabric (virtual and initiator targets)
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6000 targets
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6000 targets
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6000 targets
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ISLB VRRP
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20 per switch
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20 per switch
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20 per switch
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Event Traps - forward via Email
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1 destination
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1 destination
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1 destination
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