Base License Limits

The following table shows supported limits for features in the Base License.

Table 1. Supported Limits for the Base License
Metric Product Limit
Access lists (meters)—maximum number of meters. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 6,144 ingress

512 egress

Extreme 7520, 7720 6,000 ingress

2,000 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5520

2,048 ingress

512 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 6,144 ingress

3,072 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 6,144 ingress

6,144 egress

Access lists (policies)—suggested maximum number of lines in a single policy file. All platforms 300,000
Access lists (policies)—maximum number of rules in a single policy file.a ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, Extreme 7520, 7720 8,192 ingress

1,024 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 8,192 ingress

512 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5420M

18,000 (rules double-wide (160-bit)) ingress

36,000 (rules single-wide (80-bit, default)) ingress

1,024 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5420F

8,000 (rules double-wide (160-bit)) ingress

16,000 (rules single-wide (80-bit, default)) ingress

1,024 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5520

9,216 ingress

1,024 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 18,432 (80-bit) ingress

8,192 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW

36,864 (80-bit), 18,432 (160-bit) ingress

12,288 egress

Access lists (policies)—maximum number of rules in a single policy file in first stage (VFP). ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720 2,048 ingress only
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,024 ingress only

ExtremeSwitching 5320-16P

512 ingress only
Access lists (slices)—number of ACL slices. ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 12 ingress

4 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520 18 ingress

4 egress

ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 8 ingress

4 egress

Access lists (slices)—number of ACL slices in first stage (VFP). All platforms 4 ingress only
ACL Per Port Meters—number of meters supported per port. All platforms 16
ACL port ranges. All platforms 32
Meters Packets-Per-Second Capable. All platforms N/A
AVB (audio video bridging)—maximum number of active streams. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720 4,096
BFD sessions (Software Mode)—maximum number of BFD sessions. All platforms (default timers—1 sec) 512
BGP (peers)—maximum number of BGP peers. All platforms 2
BGP auto-peering—maximum number of auto-peering nodes and VTEPs. All platforms 64
BGP auto-peering attached IPv4 hosts— maximum number of attached IPv4 hosts. All platforms 64,000
BGP auto-peering attached IPv6 hosts— maximum number of attached IPv6 hosts. All platforms 8,000
BGP auto-peering ECMP—maximum number of equal cost multipath for auto-peering.
Note: * Subject to the limitation imposed by the number of physical ports on a switch.
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 16*
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 4*
BGP auto-peering maximum IPv4 prefixes with ECMP—Maximum number of IPv4 Network prefixes with ECMP. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 16,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 64,000
BGP auto-peering maximum IPv6 prefixes with ECMP—Maximum number of IPv6 Network prefixes with ECMP. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 254
Extreme 7520, 7720 64,000
BGP auto-peering MLAG peers—maximum MLAG peers per AutoBGP node. All platforms 1
BGP auto-peering VRFs—maximum number of VRFs. All platforms 64
BGP auto-peering EVPN instances—maximum EVPN instances. All platforms 1,024
BOOTP/DHCP relay—maximum number of BOOTP or DHCP servers per virtual router. All platforms 8
BOOTP/DHCP relay—maximum number of BOOTP or DHCP servers per VLAN. All platforms 8
BOOTP/DHCP relay—maximum number of DHCPv4/v6 relay agents All platforms 4,000
Connectivity fault management (CFM)—maximum number or CFM domains. All platforms 8
CFM—maximum number of CFM associations. All platforms 256
CFM—maximum number of CFM up end points. All platforms 32
CFM—maximum number of CFM down end points. All platforms 32
CFM—maximum number of CFM remote end points per up/down end point. All platforms 2,000
CFM—maximum number of dot1ag ports. All platforms 128
CFM—maximum number of CFM segments. All platforms 1,000
CFM—maximum number of MIPs. All platforms 256
CLEAR-Flow—total number of rules supported. The ACL rules plus CLEAR-Flow rules must be less than the total number of supported ACLs. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 8,192
ExtremeSwitching 5520 9,215
Data Center Bridging eXchange (DCBX) protocol Type Length Value (TLVs)—maximum number of DCBX application TLVs. All platforms 8
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Snooping—Maximum number of DHCPv6 prefix delegation snooped entries. All platforms 256 (with underlying protocol RIPng)

128 (with underlying protocol OSPFv3)

1,024 (with static routes)

DHCP snooping entries—maximum number of DHCP snooping entries. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 2,050
Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048
Dynamic ACLs—maximum number of ACLs processed per second.
Note: Limits are load-dependent.
All platforms
  • with 50 DACLs
  • with 500 DACLs
  • 10
  • 5
EAPS domains—maximum number of EAPS domains.
Note: An EAPS ring that is being spatially reused cannot have more than four configured EAPS domains.
Extreme 7520, 7720 4
ExtremeSwitching 5720 128
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 32
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520 64
EAPSv1 protected VLANs—maximum number of protected VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 1,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
EAPSv2 protected VLANs—maximum number of protected VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 500
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
ELSM (vlan-ports)—maximum number of VLAN ports. ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 5,000
ERPS domains—maximum number of ERPS domains with or without CFM configured. All platforms 32
ERPSv1 protected VLANs—maximum number of protected VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 1,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
ERPSv2 protected VLANs—maximum number of protected VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 500
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
ESRP groups—maximum number of ESRP groups All platforms 32
ESRP domains—maximum number of ESRP domains. All platforms 64
ESRP L2 VLANs—maximum number of ESRP VLANs without an IP address configured. All platforms 1,000
ESRP L3 VLANs—maximum number of ESRP VLANs with an IP address configured. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 511
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 509
ESRP (maximum ping tracks)—maximum number of ping tracks per VLAN. All platforms 8
ESRP (IP route tracks)—maximum IP route tracks per VLAN. All platforms 8
ESRP (VLAN tracks)—maximum number of VLAN tracks per VLAN. All platforms 1
Extended Edge Switching maximum BPEs—maximum number of attached bridge port extenders (BPEs). ExtremeSwitching 5520 48
ExtremeSwitching 5420 20
Extended Edge Switching maximum cascade ports—maximum number of upstream ports on bridge port extenders (BPEs). ExtremeSwitching 5420, 5520

2 on V400-24 and V300 models

4 on V400-48 models

Extended Edge Switching maximum tiers—maximum number of cascade levels (tiers) of bridge port extenders (BPEs). ExtremeSwitching 5420, 5520 4

(except for V300-8P-2T-W, which support 1 tier)

Extended Edge Switching maximum ring BPEs—maximum number of bridge port extenders (BPEs) in a ring topology. ExtremeSwitching 5420, 5520 8
Extended Edge Switching maximum VLANs—maximum number of VLANs - Includes all VLANs ExtremeSwitching 5520 4,094
ExtremeSwitching 5420 1,024
Extended Edge Switching VLAN+ port memberships—maximum number of VLAN+ (extended) port memberships. ExtremeSwitching 5520

12,000 in hash mode (default)

131,000 in port-group mode

ExtremeSwitching 5420

8,750 in hash mode (default)

131,617 in port-group mode

Forwarding rate—maximum L3 software forwarding rate. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48P 19,142 pps
ExtremeSwitching 5420F-48T 21,585 pps
ExtremeSwitching 5520-24T 18,838 pps
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 27,000 pps
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 31,000 pps
Extreme 7520, 7720 34,813 pps
FDB (unicast blackhole entries)—maximum number of unicast blackhole FDB entries. ExtremeSwitching 5320 32,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M 65,536
ExtremeSwitching 5420F 32,768 f
ExtremeSwitching 5520 114,688 f
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 163,840f
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW, Extreme 7520, 7720 294,912f
FDB (multicast blackhole entries)—maximum number of multicast blackhole FDB entries. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720-MW, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,096
ExtremeSwitching 5420 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5320 1,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 16,000
FDB (maximum L2 entries)—maximum number of MAC addresses. ExtremeSwitching 5320 32,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M 65,536
ExtremeSwitching 5420F 32,768 g
ExtremeSwitching 5520 114,688 g
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 163,840g
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW, Extreme 7520, 7720 294,912g
FDB (maximum L2 entries)—maximum number of multicast FDB entries. ExtremeSwitching 5520, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,096
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5720 16,000
Identity management—maximum number of Blacklist entries. All platforms 512
Identity management—maximum number of Whitelist entries. All platforms 512
Identity management—maximum number of roles that can be created. All platforms 64
Identity management—maximum role hierarchy depth allowed. All platforms 5
Identity management—maximum number of attribute value pairs in a role match criteria. All platforms 16
Identity management—maximum number of child roles for a role. All platforms 8
Identity management—maximum number of policies/dynamic ACLs that can be configured per role. All platforms 8
Identity management—maximum number of LDAP servers that can be configured. All platforms 8
Identity management—maximum number of Kerberos servers that can be configured. All platforms 20
Identity management—maximum database memory size. All platforms 512
Identity management—recommended number of identities per switch.
Note: Number of identities per switch is for a default identity management database size (512 Kbytes) across all platforms.
All platforms 100
Identity management—recommended number of ACL entries per identity.
Note: Number of ACLs per identity, based on system ACL limitation.
All platforms 20
Identity management—maximum number of dynamic ACL entries configured as an individual dynamic rule, or as an ACL entry in a policy file. All platforms 500
IGMP snooping per VLAN filters—maximum number of VLANs supported in per-VLAN IGMP snooping mode. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,500
ExtremeSwitching 5720 4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 2,500
IGMPv1/v2 SSM-map entries—maximum number of IGMPv1/v2 SSM mapping entries. All platforms 500
IGMPv1/v2 SSM-map entries—maximum number of sources per group in IGMPv1/v2 SSM mapping entries. All platforms 50
IGMPv2 subscriber—maximum number of IGMPv2 subscribers per port.n All platforms 4,000
IGMPv2 subscriber—maximum number of IGMPv2 subscribers per switch.n ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 20,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW, Extreme 7520, 7720 45,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 54,000
IGMPv3 maximum source per group—maximum number of source addresses per group. All platforms 250
IGMPv3 subscriber—maximum number of IGMPv3 subscribers per port.n All platforms 4,000
IGMPv3 subscriber—maximum number of IGMPv3 subscribers per switch.n ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 20,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW, Extreme 7520, 7720 45,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 54,000
IP ARP entries in software—maximum number of IP ARP entries in software.
Note: Might be limited by hardware capacity of FDB (maximum L2 entries).
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5520 74,750 h
ExtremeSwitching 5420M models 24,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F models 12,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 100,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 184,318 (up to)
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 221,000
IPv4 ARP entries in hardware with minimum LPM routes—maximum recommended number of IPv4 ARP entries in hardware, with minimum LPM routes present. Assumes number of IP route reserved entries is 100 or less. ExtremeSwitching 5320 12,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M models 24,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F models 12,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 60,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 80,000 h
Extreme 7520, 7720 146,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 172,000 h
IPv4 ARP entries in hardware with maximum LPM routes—maximum recommended number of IPv4 ARP entries in hardware, with maximum LPM routes present. Assumes number of IP route reserved entries is “maximum.” ExtremeSwitching 5320 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M models 21,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F models 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 49,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 70,000 h
Extreme 7520, 7720 125,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 156,000 h
IP flow information export (IPFIX)—number of simultaneous flows. ExtremeSwitching 5320 N/A
ExtremeSwitching 5420 4,000 (IPv4 and IPv6 flows)
ExtremeSwitching 5520 32,000 (IPv4 flows)

18,000 (IPv6 flows)

ExtremeSwitching 5720 257,000 (IPv4 flows)

112,000 (IPv6 flows)

IPv4 remote hosts in hardware with zero LPM routes—maximum recommended number of IPv4 remote hosts (hosts reachable through a gateway) in hardware when LPM routing is not used. Assumes number of IP route reserved entries is 0, and number of IPv4 ARP entries present is 100 or less. ExtremeSwitching 5320 20,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 24,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M 36,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F 24,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5520 102,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 139,000 h
Extreme 7520, 7720 241,000 (up to) h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW (with ALPM enabled) 245,000 h
IPv4 routes—maximum number of IPv4 routes in software (combination of unicast and multicast routes), including static and from all routing protocols. ExtremeSwitching 5520 81,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 25,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 131,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 163,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 288,000
IPv4 routes (LPM entries in hardware)— number of IPv4 routes in hardware. ExtremeSwitching 5520 81,000 q
Extreme 7520, 7720 131,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 163,000q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 288,000q
IPv6 6in4 tunnel—maximum number of IPv6 6in4 tunnels. All platforms 255
IPv6 6to4 tunnel—maximum number of IPv6 6to4 tunnels. All platforms 1 (per virtual router)
IPv6 addresses on an interface—maximum number of IPv6 addresses on an interface. All platforms 255
IPv6 addresses on a switch—maximum number of IPv6 addresses on a switch. All platforms 2,048
IPv6 host entries in hardware—maximum number of IPv6 neighbor entries in hardware. ExtremeSwitching 5320 6,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M models 12,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F models 6,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 18,000 s
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 24,000 s
Extreme 7520, 7720 57,000 h
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 78,000 s
IPv6 routes in software—maximum number of IPv6 routes in software, including static routes and routes from all routing protocols. ExtremeSwitching 5520 18,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 25,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 65,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 107,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 213,000 q
IPv6 routes (LPM entries in hardware)—maximum number of IPv6 routes in hardware. ExtremeSwitching 5520 40,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5420 6,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 65,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 107,000 q
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 213,000 q
IPv6 routes with a mask greater than 64 bits in hardware—maximum number of such IPv6 LPM routes in hardware. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 256
ExtremeSwitching 5520, Extreme 7520, 7720 8,192 r
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 16,000 r
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 24,000 r
IPv6 route sharing in hardware—route mask lengths for which ECMP is supported in hardware. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420

0–64, >64 single path only

ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720

0–128 r

IP router interfaces—maximum number of VLANs performing IPv4 and/or IPv6 routing. Excludes sub-VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420 1,533
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 509
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048
IP multicast static routes—maximum number of permanent multicast IP routes. All platforms 1,024
IP unicast static routes—maximum number of permanent IP unicast routes. All platforms 1,024
IP route sharing (maximum gateways)—Configurable maximum number of gateways used by equal cost multipath OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, static routes, or L2VPNs. Static routes, OSPF, and BGP are limited to 64 ECMP gateways per destination, while IS-IS is limited to 8. L2VPNs are limited to 16 LSPs per pseudowire on platforms that support 32 gateways, and 64 LSPs per pseudowire on platforms that support 64 gateways. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 2, 4, or 8
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64
IP route sharing (total combinations of gateway sets)—maximum number of combinations of sets of adjacent gateways used by multipath OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, or static routes. ExtremeSwitching 5320 128 (if maximum gateways is 2)

128 (if maximum gateways is 4)

64 (if maximum gateways is 8)

ExtremeSwitching 5420
Note: The values here represent the maximum attainable ECMP groups of which, due to the RIOT feature, half are reserved for overlay and half for underlay routing. For more information about RIOT, see Switch Engine 32.5 User Guide .
510 (if maximum gateways is 2)

254 (if maximum gateway is 4)

126 (if maximum gateways is 8)

ExtremeSwitching 5520
Note: The values here represent the maximum attainable ECMP groups of which, due to the RIOT feature, half are reserved for overlay and half for underlay routing. For more information about RIOT, see Switch Engine 32.5 User Guide .
2046 (if maximum gateways is 2)

1022 (if maximum gateway is 4)

510 (if maximum gateways is 8)

ExtremeSwitching 5720
  • if maximum gateways is 2
  • if maximum gateways is 4
  • if maximum gateways is 8
  • if maximum gateways is 16 (default)
  • if maximum gateways is 32
  • if maximum gateways is 64
Note: The values here represent the maximum attainable ECMP groups of which, due to the RIOT feature, half are reserved for overlay and half for underlay routing. For more information about RIOT, see Switch Engine 32.5 User Guide .
  • 2,046
  • 2,046
  • 2,046
  • 1,022
  • 510
  • 254
Extreme 7520, 7720
  • if maximum gateways is 2
  • if maximum gateways is 4
  • if maximum gateways is 8
  • if maximum gateways is 16 (default)
  • if maximum gateways is 32
  • if maximum gateways is 64
Note: The values here represent the maximum attainable ECMP groups of which, due to the RIOT feature, half are reserved for overlay and half for underlay routing. For more information about RIOT, see Switch Engine 32.5 User Guide .

  • 4,094
  • 4,094
  • 2,046
  • 1,022
  • 510
  • 254
IP multinetting (secondary IP addresses)—maximum number of secondary IP addresses per VLAN. All platforms 255
Jumbo frames—maximum size supported for jumbo frames, including the CRC. All platforms 9,216
Layer-2 IPMC forwarding caches—(IGMP/MLD/PIM snooping) in mac-vlan mode.
Note:
  • The internal lookup table configuration used is "l2-and-l3”.
  • IPv6 and IPv4 L2 IPMC scaling is the same for this mode.
  • Layer-2 IPMC forwarding cache limits—(IGMP/MLD/PIM snooping) in mixed-mode are the same.
ExtremeSwitching 5320 32,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420 64,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 32,768
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 49,152
Extreme 7520, 7720 73,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 81,920
Layer-3 IPv4 Multicast—maximum number of <S,G,V> entries installed in the hardware (IP multicast compression enabled).
Note:
  • Limit value is the same for MVR senders, PIM Snooping entries. PIM SSM cache, IGMP senders, PIM cache.
  • Assumes source-group-vlan mode as look up key.
  • Layer 3 IPMC cache limit in mixed mode also has the same value.
ExtremeSwitching 5320 8,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M 12,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F 6,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 43,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 61,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 104,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 110,000
Layer-3 IPv6 Multicast—maximum number of <S,G,V> entries installed in the hardware (IP multicast compression enabled).
Note:
  • Limit value is the same for MLD sender per switch, PIM IPv6 cache.
  • Assumes source-group-vlan mode as lookup key.
ExtremeSwitching 5320 4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420M 6,000
ExtremeSwitching 5420F 3,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520 21,500
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 30,500
Extreme 7520, 7720 52,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 55,000
Load sharing—maximum number of load sharing groups.
Note: The actual number of load-sharing groups that can be configured is limited by the number of physical ports present in the switch or SummitStack.
All platforms 128
Load sharing—maximum number of ports per load-sharing group. For standalone and stacked: ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 8
For standalone: ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 32
For stacked: ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 64
Logged messages—maximum number of messages logged locally on the system. All platforms 20,000
MAC-based security—maximum number of MAC-based security policies. All platforms 1,024
MAC Locking—Maximum number of MAC locking stations that can be learned on a port. All platforms

64 (static MAC locking stations)

600 (first arrival MAC locking stations)

Meters—maximum number of meters supported. All platforms 2,048
Maximum mirroring instances. All platforms 4 total, 2 egress
Mirroring (filters)—maximum number of mirroring filters.
Note: This is the number of filters across all the active mirroring instances.
All platforms 128
Mirroring, one-to-many (filters)—maximum number of one-to-many mirroring filters.
Note: This is the number of filters across all the active mirroring instances.
All platforms 128
Mirroring, one-to-many (monitor port)—maximum number of one-to-many monitor ports. All platforms 16
MLAG ports—maximum number of MLAG ports allowed.
Note: The number of MLAG ports that can be configured is limited by the number of physical ports present in the system.
ExtremeSwitching 5320 55
ExtremeSwitching 5720 63
ExtremeSwitching 5420, 5520 59
Extreme 7520, 7720 61
Stacking
Note: Maximum user ports
1
MLAG peers—maximum number of MLAG peers allowed. All platforms 2
Multicast listener discovery (MLD) snooping per-VLAN filters—maximum number of VLANs supported in per-VLAN MLD snooping mode. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 1,500
ExtremeSwitching 5520 1,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,500
Multicast listener discovery (MLD)v1 subscribers—maximum number of MLDv1 subscribers per port.n All platforms 4,000
Multicast listener discovery (MLD)v1 subscribers—maximum number of MLDv1 subscribers per switch.n ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 30,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 45,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 54,000
Multicast listener discovery (MLD)v2 subscribers—maximum number of MLDv2 subscribers per port.n All platforms 4,000
Multicast listener discovery (MLD)v2 subscribers—maximum number of MLDv2 subscribers per switch.n ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 30,000
Extreme 7520, 7720 45,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 54,000
Multicast listener discovery (MLD)v2 maximum source per group—maximum number of source addresses per group. All platforms 200
Multicast listener discovery (MLD) SSM-map entries—maximum number of MLD SSM mapping entries. All platforms 500
Multicast listener discovery (MLD) SSM-MAP entries—maximum number of sources per group in MLD SSM mapping entries. All platforms 50
Network Address Translation (NAT) VLANs—maximum number of NAT VLANs. Extreme 7520, 7720 4
Network Address Translation (NAT) Sessions—number of NAT sessions supported (non twice-NAT). Extreme 7520, 7720 1,023
Network Login—maximum number of clients being authenticated on MAC-based VLAN enabled ports. All platforms 1,024
Network Login—maximum number of clients being authenticated with policy mode enabled with TCI overwrite enabled. All platforms 1,024
Network Login—maximum number of dynamic VLANs. All platforms 1,024
Network Login VLAN VSAs—maximum number of VLANs a client can be authenticated on at any given time. All platforms 10
Network Service Identifiers (NSI)/VLAN mappings—maximum number of VLANs to NSI mappings. All platforms 94
Node Alias—maximum number of entries per slot. All platforms 8,192
ONEPolicy Dynamic ACL Rules—maximum number of Dynamic ACLs supported via RADIUS VSA 232 per user in Access-List mode. All platforms 64
ONEPolicy Roles/Profiles—maximum number of policy roles/profiles. All platforms 63
ONEPolicy Rules per Role/Profile—maximum number of rules per role/policy. ExtremeSwitching 5320

IPv4 Rules: 1,024

IPv6 Rules: 0

MAC Rules: 0

L2 Rules: 952

ExtremeSwitching 5420-F, Extreme 7520, 7720

IPv4 Rules: 512

IPv6 Rules: 512

MAC Rules: 512

L2 Rules: 440

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW

IPv4 Rules: 1,536

IPv6 Rules: 1,536

MAC Rules: 1,536

L2 Rules: 1,464

ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW

IPv4 Rules: 2,048

IPv6 Rules: 2,048

MAC Rules: 2,048

L2 Rules: 1 ,976

ExtremeSwitching 5420-M, 5520

IPv4 Rules: 1,024

IPv6 Rules: 1,024

MAC Rules: 1,024

L2 Rules: 952

ONEPolicy Authenticated Users per Switch—maximum number of authenticated users per switch only with TCI-Overwrite enabled. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, Extreme 7520, 7720 512
Stacking Depends on the stack nodes, but the maximum is 1,024.
ONEPolicy Authenticated Users per Switch—maximum number of authenticated users per switch with TCI-Overwrite disabled.
Note: The maximum values assume 75% utilization of VLAN-XLATE hash table.
Stacking 1,536–65,534
Extreme 7520, 7720 24,576
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 768
ExtremeSwitching 5720 12,288
ExtremeSwitching 5520 9,216
ONEPolicy Authenticated Users per Port per Switch— maximum number of authenticated users per port per switch with TCI overwrite disabled.
Note: The maximum values assume 75% utilization of VLAN-XLATE hash table.
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 768
Extreme 7520, 7720 24,576
ExtremeSwitching 5720 12,288
ExtremeSwitching 5520 9,216
ONEPolicy Authenticated Users per Port per Switch— maximum number of authenticated users per port with only with TCI-Overwrite enabled. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, Extreme 7520, 7720 512
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720 1,024
ONEPolicy Permit/Deny Traffic Classification Rules Types—total maximum number of unique permit/deny traffic classification rules types (system/stack). ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420-F, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,976
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 6,072
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 8,120
ExtremeSwitching 5420-M, 5520 4,024
ONEPolicy Permit/Deny Traffic Classification Rules Types—maximum number of unique MAC permit/deny traffic classification rules types (macsource/macdest). ExtremeSwitching 5420-M, 5520 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5420-F, Extreme 7520, 7720 512
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 1,536
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 2,048
ExtremeSwitching 5320 N/A
ONEPolicy Permit/Deny Traffic Classification Rules Types—maximum number of unique IPv6 permit/deny traffic classification rules types (ipv6dest). ExtremeSwitching 5420-M. 5520 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5420-F, Extreme 7520, 7720 512
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 1,536
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 2,048
ExtremeSwitching 5320 N/A
ONEPolicy Permit/Deny Traffic Classification Rules Types—maximum number of unique IPv4 permit/deny traffic classification rules (typesipsource / ipdest / ipfrag / udpsourceportIP / udpdestportIP / tcpsourceportIP / tcpdestportIP / ipttl / iptos / iptype). ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420-F, 5520 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 1,536
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 2,048
ExtremeSwitching 5420-M, Extreme 7520, 7720 512
ONEPolicy Permit/Deny Traffic Classification Rules Types—maximum number of unique Layer 2 permit/deny traffic classification rules (ethertype/port). ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420-M, 5520 952
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 1,464
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 1,976
ExtremeSwitching 5420-F, Extreme 7520, 7720 440
OnePolicy Maximum number of rules supported in AccessList mode—maximum number of rules in AcessList mode. Extreme 7520, 7720 3,512
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420-F 4,024
ExtremeSwitching 5420-M 8,120
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MW 12,216
ExtremeSwitching 5720-MXW 16,312
OSPFv2/v3 ECMP—maximum number of equal cost multipath OSPFv2 and OSPFv3. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 8
Extreme 7520, 7720 64
OSPFv2 areas—as an ABR, how many OSPF areas are supported within the same switch. All platforms 8
OSPFv2 external routes—recommended maximum number of external routes contained in an OSPF LSDB. ExtremeSwitching 5520 5,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 4,000
OSPFv2 inter- or intra-area routes—recommended maximum number of inter- or intra-area routes contained in an OSPF LSDB with one ABR in OSPF domain. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 1,600
OSPFv2 inter-vr or leaking routes—recommended maximum number of inter-vr routes contained in an OSPF LSDB.​​​ ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 1,600
OSPFv2 interfaces—recommended maximum number of OSPF interfaces on a switch (active interfaces only). All platforms 4
OSPFv2 links—maximum number of links in the router LSA. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 400
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 320
OSPFv2 neighbors—maximum number of supported OSPF adjacencies. All platforms 4
OSPFv2 routers in a single area—recommended maximum number of routers in a single OSPF area. ExtremeSwitching 5520 50
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 100
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 40
OSPFv2 virtual links—maximum number of supported OSPF virtual links. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 32
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 25
OSPFv3 areas—as an ABR, the maximum number of supported OSPFv3 areas. ExtremeSwitching 5520 16
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 100
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 12
OSPFv3 external routes—recommended maximum number of external routes. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720-MXW, Extreme 7520, 7720 10,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5720-MW 7,500
OSPFv3 inter- or intra-area routes—recommended maximum number of inter- or intra-area routes. ExtremeSwitching 5520 3,000
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 500
OSPFv3 interfaces—maximum number of OSPFv3 interfaces (active interfaces only). All platforms 4
OSPFv3 neighbors—maximum number of OSPFv3 neighbors. All platforms 4
OSPFv3 virtual links—maximum number of OSPFv3 virtual links supported. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 16
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 12
PIM IPv4 (maximum interfaces)—maximum number of PIM active interfaces. All platforms N/A
PIM IPv4 Limits—maximum number of multicast groups per dynamic rendezvous point. All platforms 180
PIM IPv4 Limits—maximum number of multicast groups per static rendezvous point. All platforms 3,000 (depends on policy file limits)
PIM IPv4 Limits—maximum number of multicast sources per group. All platforms 5,000
PIM IPv4 Limits—maximum number of dynamic rendezvous points per multicast group. All platforms 145
PIM IPv4 Limits—static rendezvous points. All platforms 32
PIM IPv6 (maximum interfaces)—maximum number of PIM active interfaces. All platforms N/A
PIM IPv6 Limits—maximum number of multicast sources per group. All platforms 1,750
PIM IPv6 Limits—maximum number of multicast groups per dynamic rendezvous point. All platforms

70

PIM IPv6 Limits—maximum number of multicast groups per static rendezvous point. All platforms

3,000 (depends on policy file limits)

PIM IPv6 Limits—maximum number of dynamic rendezvous points per multicast group. All platforms 64
PIM IPv6 Limits—maximum number of secondary addresses per interface. All platforms 70
PIM IPv6 Limits—static rendezvous points. All platforms 32
Policy-based routing (PBR) redundancy—maximum number of flow-redirects. All platforms 256o
Policy-based routing (PBR) redundancy—maximum number of next hops per each flow-direct. All platforms 32o
Port-specific VLAN tags—maximum number of port-specific VLAN tags. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 N/A
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,023
Port-specific VLAN tags—maximum number of port-specific VLAN tag ports. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 N/A
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,000
Private VLANs—maximum number of subscribers. Assumes a minimum of one port per network and subscriber VLAN. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 36
Extreme 7520, 7720 71
Private VLANs—maximum number of private VLANs with an IP address on the network VLAN.
Note: This limit is dependent on the maximum number of private VLANs in an L2-only environment if the configuration has tagged and translated ports.
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 960
Extreme 7520, 7720 1,024
Private VLANs—maximum number of private VLANs in an L2-only environment. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 960
Extreme 7520, 7720 1,280
Route policies—suggested maximum number of lines in a route policy file. All platforms 10,000
RIP Learned Routes—maximum number of RIP routes supported without aggregation. All platforms 10,000
RIP interfaces on a single router—recommended maximum number of RIP routed interfaces on a switch. All platforms 256
RIPng learned routes—maximum number of RIPng routes. All platforms 3,000
Spanning Tree (maximum STPDs)—maximum number of Spanning Tree Domains on port mode EMISTP. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 64
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 32
Spanning Tree PVST+—maximum number of port mode PVST domains.
Note: For all platforms, the maximum number of active ports per PVST domain depends on the maximum number of spanning tree ports supported on given platform. For example, for an ExtremeSwitching switch that supports 256 PVST domains (maximum) and 4,096 STP ports (maximum), the maximum number of active ports per PVST domain would be 16 ports (4,096 ÷ 256).
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 128
Extreme 7520, 7720 384
Spanning Tree—maximum number of multiple spanning tree instances (MSTI) domains. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 64
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 32
Spanning Tree—maximum number of VLANs per MSTI.
Note: Maximum number of 10 active ports per VLAN when all 500 VLANs are in one MSTI.
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 600
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 256
Spanning Tree—maximum number of VLANs on all MSTP instances. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 512
Spanning Tree (802.1d domains)—maximum number of 802.1d domains per port. All platforms 1
Spanning Tree (number of ports)—maximum number of ports including all Spanning Tree domains. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,096
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 2,048
Spanning Tree (maximum VLANs)—maximum number of STP-protected VLANs (dot1d and dot1w). ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 1,024
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 600
SSH (number of sessions)—maximum number of simultaneous SSH sessions. All platforms 8
Static MAC multicast FDB entries—maximum number of permanent multicast MAC entries configured into the FDB. All platforms 1,024
Syslog servers—maximum number of simultaneous Syslog servers that are supported. All platforms 16
Syslog targets—maximum number of configurable Syslog targets. All platforms 16
Telnet (number of sessions)—maximum number of simultaneous Telnet sessions. All platforms 8
Virtual routers—maximum number of user-created virtual routers that can be created on a switch. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 63
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 16 (local-only VRs)
Virtual router forwarding (VRFs)—maximum number of VRFs that can be created on a switch.
Note: * Subject to other system limitations.
ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 960 * 
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 16 (local-only VRs)
Virtual router protocols per VR—maximum number of routing protocols per VR. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 8
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P N/A
Virtual router protocols per switch—maximum number of VR protocols per switch. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420, 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 64 
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P N/A
VLAN aggregation—maximum number of port-VLAN combinations on any one superVLAN and all of its subVLANs. All platforms 1,000
VLANs—includes all VLANs.
Note: Only 4,092 user-configurable VLANs are supported. (VLAN 1 is the default VLAN, and 4,095 is the management VLAN, and you may not configure them.)
All platforms 4,094
VLANs (Layer 2)—maximum number of Layer 2 VLANs. All platforms 4,094
VLANs (Layer 3)—maximum number of VLANs performing IPv4 and/or IPv6 routing. Excludes sub-VLANs. ExtremeSwitching 5320-48T/P, 5420 1,533
ExtremeSwitching 5320-24T/P, 5320-16P 509
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048
VLAN Port Interfaces (VPIF)—maximum number of VLAN port interfaces. ExtremeSwitching 5320 53,328
ExtremeSwitching 5420 60,000
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 131,585
VLANs (maximum active port-based)—maximum active ports per VLAN when 4,094 VLANs are configured with the default license. ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 32
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 3
VLANs (maximum active protocol-sensitive filters)—number of simultaneously active protocol filters in the switch. All platforms 16
VLAN translation—maximum number of translation VLANs. Assumes a minimum of one port per translation and member VLAN. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 36
Extreme 7520, 7720 71
VLAN translation—maximum number of translation VLAN pairs with an IP address on the translation VLAN.
Note: This limit is dependent on the maximum number of translation VLAN pairs in an L2-only environment if the configuration includes tagged and translated ports.
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 960
Extreme 7520, 7720 1,024
VLAN translation—maximum number of translation VLAN pairs in an L2-only environment. ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, 5720 960
Extreme 7520, 7720 2,046
VMAN CEP—maximum number of CVIDs.
Note: With 75% hash table utilization.
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 768
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720 9,000
VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4) (maximum instances)—maximum number of VRRP instances for a single switch.
Note: These limits are applicable for Fabric Routing configuration also.
Note: Number of groups configured should not exceed the number of individual VRs supported (that is, in normal mode) for that platform type.
Normal Mode (as individual VRs):
All platforms 511
Scaled Mode (with groups):
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 1,000
Sliced Mode:
All platforms 511
VRRP (v3-IPv6) (maximum instances)—maximum number of VRRP instances for a single switch. (VRRP-VRRPv3-IPv6)
Note: These limits are applicable for Fabric Routing configuration also.
Note: Number of groups configured should not exceed the number of individual VRs supported (that is, in normal mode) for that platform type.
Normal Mode (as individual VRs):
All platforms 511
Scaled Mode (with groups):
ExtremeSwitching 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520 1,000
VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4/IPv6) (maximum VRID)—maximum number of unique VRID numbers per switch. All platforms

255

VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4/IPv6) (maximum VRIDs per VLAN)—maximum number of VRIDs per VLAN. All platforms

255

VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4/IPv6) (maximum ping tracks)—maximum number of ping tracks per VLAN. All platforms

8

VRRP (maximum ping tracks)—maximum number of ping tracks per VRRP Instance under 128 VRRP instances. All platforms 8 (20 centisecond or 1 second hello interval)
VRRP (v3-IPv6) (maximum ping tracks)—maximum number of ping tracks per VRRP Instance under 128 VRRP instances. All platforms 8 (20 centisecond or 1 second hello interval)
VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4/IPv6) (maximum iproute tracks)—maximum number of IP route tracks per VLAN. All platforms 8
VRRP (v2/v3-IPv4/IPv6)—maximum number of VLAN tracks per VLAN. All platforms 8
VXLAN—maximum virtual networks.
Note: Every VPLS instance/PSTag VLAN reduces this limit by 1.
Note: Assumption is all BUM (broadcast/unknown-unicast/multicast) FDB entries are pointing to the same set of RTEPs when all VNETs use explicit flooding. Depends on whether all VNETs use standard or explicit and the number of tenant VLAN ports.
Note: On ExtremeSwitching 5520 and 5420 switches, every VNET reduces this limit by 1.

Every (VPLS/PSTag VLAN) + port reduces the limit by 1 on all platforms.

Every VXLAN Underlay Multicast Tunnel reduces this limit by 1.

ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 2,048–4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 200-375
VXLAN—maximum tenant VLANs plus port combinations
Note: Every (VPLS/PSTag VLAN) + port reduces the limit by 1.
ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,096
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 200-375
VXLAN—maximum static MAC to IP bindings.
Note: Every FDB entry configured reduces this limit by 1.
All platforms 64,000
VXLAN—maximum RTEP IP addresses All platforms 512
VXLAN—maximum virtual networks with dynamic learning and OSPF extensions for VXLAN ExtremeSwitching 5520, 5720, Extreme 7520, 7720 4,000
ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420 375
VXLAN—or replicator role, maximum number of attached leafs per switch. All platforms 256
XML requests—maximum number of XML requests per second.
Note: Limits are dependent on load and type of XML request. These values are dynamic ACL data requests.
All platforms 10 with 100 DACLs
XNV authentication—maximum number of VMs that can be processed (combination of local and network VMs). All platforms 2,048
XNV database entries—maximum number of VM database entries (combination of local and network VMs). All platforms 16,000
XNV database entries—maximum number of VPP database entries (combination of local and network VPPs). All platforms 2,048
XNV dynamic VLAN—Maximum number of dynamic VLANs created (from VPPs /local VMs). All platforms 2,048
XNV local VPPs—maximum number of XNV local VPPs. All platforms

2,048 ingress

512 egress

XNV policies/dynamic ACLs—maximum number of policies/dynamic ACLs that can be configured per VPP. All platforms

8 ingress

4 egress

XNV network VPPs—maximum number of XNV network VPPs.p All platforms

2,048 ingress

512 egress