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what is Nexus1000v maximum number of ports ?

jjpeyrache
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hello

on Vmware Virtual distributed switch there are limitation of 8192 ports from vmware KB

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1038193


what is the limitation/recomandation for Nexus1000V architecture ?

what is the  Nexus1000V maximum number of ports supported ?

thanks in advance

JYP

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lwatta
Cisco Employee
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The Nexus 1000V has a limit of 2048 veth ports per installation.

You can define up to the DVS maximum but you can never more then 2048 active at one time.

I just posted an article on some new features with 1.4a that details some new settings when dealing with max-ports on the DVS side.

Take a look at

https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-26929

louis

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lwatta
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

The Nexus 1000V has a limit of 2048 veth ports per installation.

You can define up to the DVS maximum but you can never more then 2048 active at one time.

I just posted an article on some new features with 1.4a that details some new settings when dealing with max-ports on the DVS side.

Take a look at

https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-26929

louis

thanks !!

JYP

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