Maximum number of vNICs per blade

[plentymech]

Is there a maximum number of vNICs allowed per blade/server profile when using 6248 FIs and B200 M4 blades with 1340 expander cards and is the number of vNICs allowed lower with the same blade but with no port expander card?

[Kirk J · Accepted solution]

Greetings.

Please see http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/Reference-Docs/Configuration-Limits/3-1/b_UCS_Configuration_Limits_3_1.html#reference_6A3C0158393549E5A3E3F87002234145

The port expander card increases bandwidth to each IOM, not the number of vnics.

You are generally going to get capped on the max number of vnics by the OS well before you hit any UCS equipment limit.  The chart limits in the link above are OS limitiations.

Thanks,

Kirk...

[plentymech]

Perfect, thank you. Tried searching for FI maximums but didn't see this one.