SLX 9150, SLX 9250, Extreme 8520, and Extreme 8720 Scalability

Support Type SLX 9150/Extreme 8520 SLX 9250/Extreme 8720
LAYER 2 SWITCHING
Number of trunk groups supported Default profile: 80 groups (1 to 256 IDs) Default profile: 128 groups (1 to 256 IDs)
Number of ports per trunk group 64 64
Max LACP trunk threshold 64 64
Maximum MAC addresses per switch 64000 64000
Jumbo frames 9216 bytes 9216 bytes
Number of VLANs 4096 4096
Maximum Bridge Domains (BD) 4000 4000
Maximum port-BD/port-VLAN association (Logical Interfaces or LIFs) 13183 13183
RSTP
Maximum Spanning-Tree instances (RSTP) RSTP is 1 instance only RSTP is 1 instance only
Maximum physical ports supported with STP/RSTP Equal to max number of front-end ports Equal to max number of front-end ports
MSTP
Maximum instances 32 32
Maximum VLANs per instance 4090 4090
Maximum physical interfaces participating per instance Equal to max number of front-end ports Equal to max number of front-end ports
Maximum LAG interfaces participating per instance 64 128
PVST
Maximum VLANS 254 254
Maximum interfaces Equal to max number of front-end ports Equal to max number of front-end ports
Maximum instances 254 254
Maximum port-VLAN associations 2032 2032
MULTICAST
IPv4 software multicast cache for PIM/SM 8000 8000
IPv4 hardware multicast entries 8000 8000
Maximum (IGMP/MLD) snooping VLANs 512 512
Maximum (IGMP/MLD) snooping VLANs (MCT) 512 512
Maximum static entry (IGMPv2 and MLDv1) with uplink - IPv4 8000 8000
Snoop multicast IGMP join rate per port 500/s 500/s
Snoop multicast IGMP leave rate per port 500/s 500/s
PIM SM maximum OIFs per system 15500 (Max VLAN-port combination) 15500 (Max VLAN-port combination)
PIM SM maximum OIFs per entry 128 128
PIM join/prune rate 1500/s 1500/s
Maximum VLAN replication per entry 128 128
Maximum multicast VRFs 50 50
Maximum IGMP/MLD groups per interface No restriction No restriction
Maximum IGMP/MLD OIF per entry 128 128
Maximum multicast prefix advertised by an RP 250 250
Maximum BSR RP per multicast domain 56 56
Maximum static RP per system 56 56
Maximum RPset x RP per system 56 56
Maximum PIM Anycast RPs per system 56 56
Maximum Anycast RP peers per system 8 8
Multicast ECMP paths 64 64
LAYER 3 FEATURES - IPv4
Maximum IP interfaces per system (Ipv4, Ipv6) 4000 4000
Maximum Virtual Ethernet Interfaces per system 8000 8000
Maximum ARP entries 47000 47000
Maximum static ARP entries 47000 47000
Maximum IP next-hops 48000 48000
Possible secondary IP addresses 254 254
Maximum loopback interfaces 255 255
Maximum OSPF areas (per VRF) 200 200
OSPF routers in a single area 200 200
Maximum OSPF routes 64000 64000
Maximum static route entries 24000 24000
Maximum BGP peer groups 1024 1024
Maximum BGP routes in RIB 3.25M (in + out) 3.25M (in + out)
BGP peers (IPv4 and IPv6 concurrent including all VRFs) 2400 2400
BGP dynamic listen range supported (IPv4 and IPv6 concurrent including all VRFs) 2400 2400
Maximum BGP additional paths for received prefixes 128 128
Maximum IS-IS routes 25000 25000

Number of adjacencies

Broadcast: 255

P2P: 1024

Broadcast: 255

P2P: 1024

Number of IS-IS LSPs 255 255
Number of IS-IS routers in a level 255 255

Maximum IS-IS interfaces

Broadcast: 255

P2P: 1024

Broadcast: 255

P2P: 1024

Maximum IPv4 routes 163840 163840
Maximum VRFs per system (BGP VRF IPv4/IPv6) 1024 1024
Maximum VRFs per system (OSPF VRF IPv4/IPv6) 1024 1024
Maximum VRFs per system static VRF IPv4/IPv6) 1024 1024
ECMP FEC scale 16000 16000
Maximum ECMP paths 128 128
Number of VRRP/VRRPe instances per system (IPv4, IPv6) 255 255
Number of VRRP instances per IP interface 16 16
LAYER 3 FEATURES - IPv6
Maximum IPv6 static route entries 10000 10000
Maximum IPv6 routes 64512 64512
Maximum ND entries 33000 33000
Maximum OSPFv3 routes 64000 64000
Maximum OSPFv3 interfaces 200 200
Maximum OSPFv3 neighbors 200 200
Maximum OSPFv3 areas per VRF 10 10
Maximum BGPv6 routes in the RIB Same as IPv4 Same as IPv4
Maximum BGPv6 neighbors 512 512
RATE LIMITING AND TRAFFIC POLICING FEATURES
Granularity 1kbps 1kbps
Number of rate-limiters/traffic-policers per system 8000 in SW 8000 in SW
ACL

Maximum shared IPv4 ACLs per system

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

IPv4 ACL DB standard ingress count: 767/768, egress count 245/246

Extended ingress count: 767/768 egress count 245/246

Same DB is shared by PBR, ACL rate limiters and RACL

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

IPv4 ACL DB standard ingress count: 767/768, egress count 245/246.

Extended ingress count: 767/768 egress count 245/246

Same DB is shared by PBR, ACL rate limiters and RACL

Maximum shared IPv6 ACLs per system

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

IPv6 ACL DB standard: 767/768. Extended: 767/768

Same DB is shared by PBR, ACL rate limiters and RACL

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

IPv6 ACL DB standard: 767/768. Extended: 767/768

Same DB is shared by PBR, ACL rate limiters and RACL

Maximum shared L2 ACLs per system

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

MAC ACL DB standard ingress count: 501/502, egress count: 245/246

Extended ingress count: 501/502, egress count 245/246

L2 rate limiter shares same DB

2000 ACL groups with 2000 ACL statements each (SW)

MAC ACL DB standard ingress count: 501/502, egress count: 245/246

Extended ingress count: 501/502, egress count 245/246

L2 rate limiter shares same DB

Policy Based Routing (PBR) 767 (TCAM entries shared with v4 ACL) 767 (TCAM entries shared with v4 ACL)
IPv6 PBR 767 (TCAM entries shared with v6 ACL) 767 (TCAM entries shared with v6 ACL)
Maximum configurable PBR route maps 200 200
Maximum configurable stanzas in PBR 1024 1024
Maximum number of IP receive ACLs Same as IPv4 ACL Same as IPv4 ACL
Maximum number of IPv6 receive ACLs Same as IPv6 ACL Same as IPv6 ACL
MULTI-CHASSIS TRUNKING (vLAG support)
Maximum port-BD/port-VLAN association (Logical Interfaces or LIFs) 13183 13183
VLANs for logical port (single port or LAG) 4000 (4000 VLAN
or 4000 BD)
4000 (4000 VLAN
or 4000 BD)
Maximum MCT clients 62 126
Maximum VLANs for ICL 4090 VLAN + 4000 BD (VxLAN tunnels) 4090 VLAN + 4000 BD (VxLAN tunnels)

Maximum L2 / unified bridging instances (VPLS, EVPN, L2, VXLAN) with MCT

4000 VLAN + 4000 BD (EVPN-VXLAN)

VPLS not supported

4000 VLAN + 4000 BD (EVPN-VXLAN)

VPLS not supported

Maximum L2 / unified bridging instances (VPLS, EVPN, L2, VXLAN) with MCT and BUM RL

4000 VLAN + 1000 BD (EVPN-VXLAN)

VPLS not supported

4000 VLAN + 1000 BD (EVPN-VXLAN)

VPLS not supported

Maximum endpoints in MCT for L2/bridging (VPLS, EVPN, L2, VXLAN)

VPLS not supported

6000 VXLAN VNIs

L2: 15000

VPLS not supported

6000 VXLAN VNIs

L2: 15000

Maximum MAC addresses for MCT 64000 64000
EVPN-VXLAN Scaling (IP Fabric)
VxLAN tunnel (such as ToR, DCI, hybrid cloud) 250 250
L2 VNI (bridge domains) 4000 VLAN + 2000 BD 4000 VLAN + 2000 BD
L3 VNI 128 128
Layer 2
Maximum VLANs 4090 4090
Maximum bridge domains
  • 4000 for Centralized Routing

  • 2000 for Distributed Routing

  • 4000 for Centralized Routing

  • 2000 for Distributed Routing

Maximum MAC entries 64000 64000
Maximum ARP entries 47000 47000
Maximum VNI 4000 + 2000 + 128 4000 + 2000 + 128
Layer 3
Maximum BGP peers (IPv4+IPv6) 1000 1000
Maximum VE 8000 8000
Maximum BD VE 4000 4000
Maximum VRF 1024 1024
ND entries 34000 34000
Static Anycast Gateway address per system (IPv4, IPv6) 8000 8000
Static Anycast Gateway address per VE interface (IPv4, IPv6) 512 512

BGP EVPN IPv4 and IPv6 routes

HW IPv4: 128000

HW IPv6: 10000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

HW IPv4: 128000

HW IPv6: 10000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

BGP EVPN MAC IP routes

HW: 47000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

HW: 47000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

BGP EVPN MAC routes

HW: 47000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

HW: 47000

SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

QoS
Maximum traffic classes 8 8
On chip buffers per ASIC (shared between ingress and egress) 32MB 32MB
Maximum schedulers on system 80 128
Maximum shapers on system 80 128
Maximum policy-map config on system (Created in SW globally) 1000 1000
Maximum class-map config per policy 4000 4000
Maximum policy-map config per interface 1 1
Service policy per interface 1 per direction 1 per direction
Maximum class-map config on system (Created in SW globally) 32000 32000
Default class-map per policy 1 1
Match ACL class-map per policy 4000 non-default class map per policy-map 4000 non-default class map per policy-map
Port-based in service-policy on system 64 128
Match ACL class ACL in service-policy on system 4000 non default-class map per policy-map 4000 non default-class map per policy-map
Port-based in service-policy on system 64 128
Maximum ACL tables per class 1 1
Number of policers 1024 1024
Maximum unique RED profiles configured (SW) 120 120
Maximum unique RED profiles configured (HW) 128 128
QoS priority queues (per port) 8 8
PCP-->TC, DSCP-->TC 61 61
DSCP-->DSCP 10 10
DSCP-->CoS, TC-->CoS 12 12
TC-->DSCP Not applicable Not applicable
Maximum per-port priority pause level Pause and PFC not applicable in 20.2.3 Pause and PFC not applicable in 20.2.3
SNMP
Maximum communities 256 256
Maximum contexts 256 256
Maximum community maps 256 256
Maximum SNMP v3 users 10 10
Maximum groups 10 10
Maximum views 10 10
Maximum v1/v2c trap hosts 12 12
Maximum v3 trap hosts 6 6
NETCONF
Maximum SSH concurrent sessions 16 16
REST/RESTCONF
Maximum REST/RESTCONF sessions 30 30
BFD
IPv4 Hardware Sessions 1000 1000
IPv6 Hardware Sessions 600 600
IPv4/IPv6 Concurrent Hardware Sessions
  • 850 for IPv4

  • 150 for IPv6

  • 850 for IPv4

  • 150 for IPv6

Software sessions supported (concurrent (50:50) IPv4 and IPv6 sessions) 1000 1000
Monitoring/Mirroring
Maximum Unique Mirror Destinations per device (can be SPAN or RSPAN or ERSPAN destination) 2 2
Maximum Monitor Sessions (can be SPAN or RSPAN or ERSPAN monitor session) 512 512
EVPN Multihoming IP Fabric Scaling
VxLAN Tunnel 252 252
Max ESI Segment across Fabric 1500 1500
Max MAC Entries 64000 64000
Max ARP entries 47000 47000
Max ND Entries 34000 34000
Static Anycast Gateway address per system (IPv4, IPv6) 8000 8000
Static Anycast Gateway address per VE interface (IPv4, IPv6) 512 512
BGP EVPN IPv4 and IPv6 route
  • HW IPv4: 128000

  • HW IPv6: 10000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

  • HW IPv4: 128000

  • HW IPv6: 10000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

BGP EVPN MAC IP routes
  • HW: 47000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

  • HW: 47000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

BGP EVPN MAC routes
  • HW: 47000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)

  • HW: 47000

  • SW: 2M (shared with all EVPN route types)