Fabric Scaling

This section lists the fabric scaling information.

Table 1. Fabric Maximums

Attribute

Product

Maximum number supported (with and without vIST)

Number of SPB IS-IS areas

VSP 4900 Series

1

VSP 7400 Series as Interior Node

1

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

2

Number of B-VIDs

VSP 4900 Series

2

VSP 7400 Series

2

Maximum number of Physical and Logical (Fabric Extend) NNI interfaces/adjacencies (Home and Remote area total when operating as Boundary Node)

VSP 4900 Series

255, of which 64 can be with IPsec using Fabric IPsec Gateway

VSP 7400 Series

255, of which 64 can be with IPsec using Fabric IPsec Gateway

SPBM enabled nodes per area (BEB + BCB)

VSP 4900 Series

800

VSP 7400 Series as Interior Node

2,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

500 per area

Number of BEBs not part of vIST clusters this node can share services with (Layer 2 VSNs, Layer 3 VSNs, E-Tree, Multicast, Transparent Port UNI)

VSP 4900 Series

500

VSP 7400 Series

2,000

Number of BEBs that are part of a vIST cluster this node can share services with (Layer 2 VSNs, Layer 3 VSNs, E-Tree, Multicast, Transparent Port UNI)

VSP 4900 Series

330

VSP 7400 Series

1,330

I-SIDs supported (local UNI present on device)

VSP 4900 Series

See Number of I-SIDs supported

VSP 7400 Series

See Number of I-SIDs supported

I-SIDs supported on Boundary Nodes (no local UNI present on device)

VSP 4900 Series

n/a

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

9,600

Maximum number of Layer 2 VSNs per switch (local UNI present on device)

VSP 4900 Series

4,059

VSP 7400 Series

4,000

Maximum number of inter-area redistributed Layer 2 VSNs (no local UNI present on Boundary Node)

VSP 4900 Series

n/a

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

9,600

Maximum number of Switched UNI Endpoints (C-VID or untagged port bindings)

VSP 4900 Series

8,000

VSP 7400 Series

12,000

Maximum number of Transparent Port UNIs per switch

VSP 4900 Series

52

VSP 7400 Series

VSP 7432CQ: 30 (up to 120 with channelization) configured in Full Port mode

VSP 7400-48Y: 54 configured in Full Port mode

Maximum number of E-Tree PVLAN UNIs per switch

VSP 4900 Series

200

VSP 7400 Series

200

Maximum number of Layer 3 VSNs per switch

See VRF Scaling.

VSP 4900 Series

256 including mgmt VRF and GRT

VSP 7400 Series

256 including mgmt VRF and GRT

Maximum number of SPB Layer 2 multicast Data I-SIDs

VSP 4900 Series

See Maximum Number of SPB Multicast Data I-SIDs

VSP 7400 Series

See Maximum Number of SPB Multicast Data I-SIDs

Maximum number of SPB Layer 3 multicast Data I-SIDs

VSP 4900 Series

See Maximum Number of SPB Multicast Data I-SIDs

Note:

Due to internal resource sharing IP Multicast scaling depends on network topology. Switch will issue warning when 85 and 90% of available resources are reached.

VSP 7400 Series

See Maximum Number of SPB Multicast Data I-SIDs

Note:

Due to internal resource sharing IP Multicast scaling depends on network topology. Switch will issue warning when 85 and 90% of available resources are reached.

Maximum number of FA ISID/VLAN assignments per port

VSP 4900 Series

94

VSP 7400 Series

94

Maximum number of IP multicast S,Gs when operating as a BCB (intra-area)

VSP 4900 Series

16,000

VSP 7400 Series

50,000

Maximum number of IP multicast S,Gs when operating as a Boundary Node (inter-area)

VSP 4900 Series

n/a

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

4,800

ISW switches in a Fabric Attach Ring

128

Maximum Number of SPB Multicast Data I-SIDs

The number of I-SIDs supported varies for Layer 2 and Layer 3 ingress and egress BEBs.

Attribute

Product

Maximum number supported (with and without vIST)

Maximum number of SPB Layer 2 multicast Data I-SIDs

Note:

Overall limits across Layer 2 VSNs

On Ingress BEB: Dynamic and Static originated Data I-SIDs

VSP 4900 Series

4,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

4,000

On Egress BEB: Static Data I-SIDs Terminated

VSP 4900 Series

6,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

6,000

On Egress BEB: Dynamic data I-SIDs + originating BEB pairs terminated

VSP 4900 Series

6,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

6,000

Maximum number of SPB Layer 3 multicast Data I-SIDs

Note:

Overall limits across all Layer 3VSNs/GRT

On Ingress BEB: Dynamic and Static originated Data I-SIDs

VSP 4900 Series

4,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

4,000

On Egress BEB: Static Data I-SIDs Terminated

VSP 4900 Series

6,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

6,000

On Egress BEB: Dynamic data I-SIDs + originating BEB pairs terminated

VSP 4900 Series

6,000

VSP 7400 Series as Boundary Node

6,000