Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0 Installation Guide
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Scaling Prime Infrastructure
Prime Infrastructure comes with a variety of server installation options (see System Requirements, page 8). You will want to
ensure that you have selected an option appropriate for the size and complexity of your network.
ensure that you have selected an option appropriate for the size and complexity of your network.
Table 3 gives the maximum number of devices, clients, events, Netflow data flows, and other scale parameters for each option.
Scaling limits for the pre-installed Cisco-supplied hardware appliance match the Standard option.
Ports Used
Table 4 lists the ports used by Prime Infrastructure and Assurance. These ports must be open in firewalls.
Table 3
Supported Scale for Prime Infrastructure Installation Options (includes Assurance)
Parameter
Express
Custom Express
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1. Custom Express is not available as a separate OVA download. You will need to download the Express OVA and customize it for
Custom Express. Please contact your Cisco Sales Representative for details on customization.
Standard
Pro
Max Unified APs
300
2,500
5,000
20,000
Max Autonomous APs
300
500
3,000
3,000
Max Wired Devices
300
1,000
6,000
13,000
Max NAMs
5
5
500
1,000
Max Controllers
5
5
500
1,000
Max Wired Clients
6,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
Max Wireless Clients
4,000
30,000
75,000
200,000
Max Changing Clients
1,000
5,000
25,000
40,000
Events Sustained Rate (events/second)
100
100
300
1,000
NetFlow Rate (flows/second)
3,000
3,000
16,000
80,000
Max Interfaces
12,000
50,000
250,000
350,000
Max NAM Data Polling Enabled
5
5
20
40
Max Number of Sites/Campus
200
500
2,500
2,500
Max Groups (User-Defined + Out of the Box +
Device Groups + Port Groups)
Device Groups + Port Groups)
50
100
150
150
Max Virtual Domains
100
500
1,000
1,000
Max Concurrent GUI Clients
5
10
25
25
Max Concurrent API Clients
2
2
5
5
Table 4
Ports Used by Prime Infrastructure and Assurance
Port
Protocol
Direction
Usage
7
TCP/UDP Server to endpoints
Endpoint discovery via ICMP
20, 21
TCP
Bidirectional server/devices FTP transfer of files to and from devices
Server to Cisco.com
FTP download of files from Cisco.com
22
TCP
Server to endpoints
To initiate SSH connection to endpoints during troubleshooting
processes.
processes.
Client to server
To connect to the Prime Infrastructure server.
23
TCP
Server to devices
Telnet communication with devices
25
TCP
Server to SMTP server
SMTP email routing