Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Configuration Guide
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(x)
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(x)
Configuration Limits
Configuration Limits
Revised: January 2012, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(x)
The features supported by Cisco MDS NX-OS have maximum configuration limits. Some of the features
have configuration limits less than the maximum limits. The following table lists the known feature
configuration limits for Release 5.0(x) and lists the maximum configuration limits for the features.
have configuration limits less than the maximum limits. The following table lists the known feature
configuration limits for Release 5.0(x) and lists the maximum configuration limits for the features.
Feature
Verified Configuration Limit
for Release NX-OS 5.0(x)
for Release NX-OS 5.0(x)
Maximum Configuration Limit
VSANs
80 VSANs per physical fabric 4000 VSANs per physical fabric
Switches in a single MDS physical
fabric or VSAN
fabric or VSAN
60 switches per fabric (75
switches per fabric
switches per fabric
1
)
239 switches
PortChannels and member ports in
PortChannels
PortChannels
For MDS 91xx switches, 16
PortChannels with 16
members ports in all
PortChannels (you can have
16 PortChannels, each with 1
member, or 1 PortChannel
with 16 members).
PortChannels with 16
members ports in all
PortChannels (you can have
16 PortChannels, each with 1
member, or 1 PortChannel
with 16 members).
For MDS 95xx switches, 256
PortChannels, 16 members
maximum in a single port
channel.
PortChannels, 16 members
maximum in a single port
channel.
For MDS 91xx switches, 16
PortChannels with 16 members
ports in all PortChannels (you
can have 16 PortChannels, each
with 1 member, or 1 PortChannel
with 16 members).
PortChannels with 16 members
ports in all PortChannels (you
can have 16 PortChannels, each
with 1 member, or 1 PortChannel
with 16 members).
For MDS 95xx switches, 256
PortChannels, 16 members
maximum in a single port
channel.
PortChannels, 16 members
maximum in a single port
channel.
Switches in multivendor switch
fabric
fabric
32 switches per VSAN
239 switches
SSH
61 sessions
64 sessions
Domains per VSAN
60 domains per VSAN (75
domains per VSAN
domains per VSAN
1
)
2
239 domains
FCNS entries per fabric
10 K per fabric
10 K per fabric
Device alias
3
8 K per fabric
20 K per fabric