SLX 9740, SLX 9640, SLX 9540, and Extreme 8820 Scalability Comparison

This section describes scalability metrics that are common to the three platforms.

Support Type SLX 9740/Extreme 8820 SLX 9640 SLX 9540
LAYER 2 SWITCHING
Trunk groups supported 77 groups for 1U (1 to 256 IDs) 153 groups for 2U (1 to 256 IDs) Default profile: 256 groups with 64 ports Default profile: 256 groups with 64 ports
Ports per trunk group 64 64 64
Maximum LACP trunk threshold 64 64 64
Maximum MAC addresses per switch 600000 (default profile) 190000 (route profile) 750000 750000
Jumbo frames 9216 bytes 9216 bytes 9216 bytes
Number of VLANs 4096 4096 4096
Maximum bridge domains 4000 4000 4000
RSTP
Maximum Spanning- Tree instances (RSTP) RSTP is 1 instance only RPVST/PVST 128, MSTP 32 RSTP is 1 instance only RPVST/PVST 128, MSTP 32 RSTP is 1 instance only RPVST/PVST 128, MSTP 32
MULTICAST
Maximum IGMP v2/v3 L3 entries 16000 16000 16000
L2 multicast cache 16000 16000 16000
IPv4 software multicast cache for PIM/SM 20000 20000 20000
IPv4 hardware multicast entries 20000 20000 20000
Maximum IGMP snooping VLANs 500 500 500
Maximum static entries (IGMPv2) with uplink - IPv4 1000 1000 1000
Maximum static entries (IGMPv3) with uplink - IPv4 1000 1000 1000
Snoop multicast IGMP join/leave rate per port 1000 per sec 1000 per sec 1000 per sec
IGMP join/leave rate (with PIM-SM) 4000 per sec 4000 per sec 4000 per sec
PIM SM maximum local receivers (IGMP) 4000 4000 4000
PIM SM maximum OIFs per system 64000 64000 64000
PIM SM maximum OIFs per S,G 128 128 128
Maximum VLAN replications per entry 128 128 128
Maximum multicast VRFs 50 50 50
Maximum IGMP groups per system 16000 16000 16000
Maximum IGMP groups per interface 128 128 128
Maximum IGMP OIFs per system 8000 8000 8000
Maximum multicast prefixes advertised by an RP 250 250 250
Maximum BSR RP per multicast domain 56 56 56
Maximum static RPs per system 56 56 56
Maximum RPset x RP per system 56 56 56
Maximum PIM Anycast RPs per system 56 56 56
Maximum Anycast RP peers per system 8 8 8
PIM fast hello Min Hello: 1 sec Neighbor Removal: 3 sec Min Hello: 1 sec Neighbor Removal: 3 sec Min Hello: 1 sec Neighbor Removal: 3 sec
Multicast ECMP paths 32 32 32
LAYER 3 FEATURES - IPv4
Maximum IP interfaces per system (IPv4, IPv6) 8000 4090 4090
Maximum virtual Ethernet interfaces per system 8000 4090 4090
Maximum ARP entries Default profile: 102000 Route profile: 95000 96000 96000
Maximum static ARP entries Default profile: 102000 Route profile: 95000 96000 96000
Maximum directly connected host routes (or IP next-hops) 64000 48000 48000
Possible secondary IP addresses 255 255 255
Maximum loopback interfaces 255 255 255
Maximum OSPF areas (per VRF) 200 200 200
OSPF routers in a single area 200 200 200
OSPF adjacencies 200 200 200
Maximum OSPF routes 100000 100000 100000
Maximum static route entries 32000 25000 25000
Maximum BGP peer groups 1024 1024 1024
Maximum BGP routes in RIB 9M in, 14M out 9M in, 14M out 9M in, 14M out
BGP peers (IPv4 and IPv6 concurrent) 2400 2400 2400
BGP dynamic listen range supported (IPv4 and IPv6 concurrent including all VRFs) 2400 2400 2400
Maximum BGP additional paths for received prefixes 128 64 64
Maximum IS-IS routes 25000 25000 25000
IS-IS adjacencies Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024 Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024 Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024
IS-IS LSPs 255 255 255
Maximum IPv4 routes Default profile: 2M Route profile: 3.5M Default profile: 4M Default profile: 1M (with compression)
Maximum VEs per system 8000 4000 4000
Maximum VRFs per system (BGP VRF IPv4/ IPv6) 1024 1024 1024
Maximum VRFs per system (OSPF VRF IPv4/IPv6) 1024 1024 1024
Maximum VRFs per system (static VRF IPv4/IPv6) 1024 1024 1024
IS-IS routers in a level 255 255 255
Maximum ECMP paths 128 64 64
VRRP/VRRPe instances per system (IPv4, IPv6) 1000 1000 1000
VRRP instances per IP interface 10 16 16
VRRP/VRRPe instances with time scale 128 128 128
Maximum GRE tunnels 1024 256 256
Maximum IS-IS interfaces Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024 Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024 Broadcast: 255 P2P: 1024
LAYER 3 FEATURES - IPv6
Maximum IPv6 static route entries 32000 32000 32000
Maximum IPv6 routes Default profile: 2M Route profile: 3.5M Default profile: 256000 routes v4-v6 profile: 700000 routes IPv6-route profile: 1M routes OptiScale profile LPM: 64000 (routes except /47 and /48) LEM: 180000 (routes with /47 and /48 )
Maximum ND entries Default profile: 102000 Route profile: 95000 32000 32000
Maximum OSPFv3 routes 64000 64000 64000
Maximum OSPFv3 interfaces 256 256 256
Maximum OSPFv3 neighbors 256 256 256
Maximum OSPFv3 areas 10 10 10
Maximum BGPv6 routes in the RIB Same as IPv4 Same as IPv4 Same as IPv4
Maximum BGPv6 neighbors 2400 2400 2400
BGP FLOWSPEC
Maximum local flowspec rules alone 1000 1000 1000
Maximum remote flowspec rules alone 1000 1000 1000
Maximum local and remote flowspec rules together 1000 1000 1000
BGP LARGE-COMMUNITY
Maximum largecommunity that can be added/replaced/deleted for incoming route updates (NLRI) using set directive 32 32 32
Maximum largecommunity standard/ extended ACL type 1024 rules per list. Max seq # is 65535 1024 rules per list. Max seq # is 65535 1024 rules per list. Max seq # is 65535
Maximum largecommunity ACL that can be matched in route-map 32 32 32
Maximum largecommunity attributes that can be received per route update (including in bound set large community) 64 64 64
MPLS
Maximum MPLS labels 15000 15000 15000
Maximum label stacking depth 3 3 3
Maximum target LDP sessions 100 100 100
Maximum ingress 5000 5000 5000
Maximum transit LSPs 20000 cross-connects 20000 cross-connects 20000 cross-connects
Maximum point-to-point per system with MCT 500 500 500
Maximum point-to-multipoint per system with MCT 8000 8000 8000
Maximum endpoints per point-to-point per system 1000 8000 8000
Maximum endpoints per point-to-multipoint per system (non-MCT, MCT) 20000 20000 20000
Maximum point-to-multipoint MACs per system (max vpls mac table) Default profile: 600000 Route profile: 190000 750000 750000
Total point-to-multipoint VC labels per system 8000 8000 8000
Maximum routes per VRF/VPN Default profile: 2M Route profile: 3M Same as the default VRF 256000
Maximum MPLS VPNs (IPv4) per system 512 512 512
Maximum MPLS VPNs (IPv6) per system 512 512 512
Maximum adaptive LSP (ingress/egress) 5000 5000 5000
Maximum FRR instances 5000 facility or 2000 1- to-1 detour 5000 facility or 2000 1- to-1 detour 5000 facility or 2000 1- to-1 detour
Maximum point-to-multipoint LSP load balance 16 16 16
Maximum LDP ECMP paths 16 16 16
RSVP LSP history support Max 32 events per LSP at ingress router Max 32 events per LSP at ingress router Max 32 events per LSP at ingress router
Maximum autobandwidth templates 100 100 100
Maximum recorded samples per autobandwidth LSP 1500 1500 1500
Single-hop LSP accounting 5000 5000 5000
Maximum point-to-multipoint instances with IPv4/IPv6 VE VRF support (MCT) 8000 2600 2600
Maximum bypass LSP per system 512 512 512
Maximum LDP sessions 100 100 100
Maximum LDP FEC 5000 5000 5000
RATE LIMITING AND TRAFFIC POLICING FEATURES
Granularity 22kbps 22kbps 22kbps
Rate-limiters/trafficpolicers per system 1000/32000 1000/32000 1000/32000
ACL
Maximum named L2 ACL statements 2000 2000 2000
Maximum IP receive ACLS 200 200 200
Maximum IPv6 receive ACLs 50 50 50
Max configurable PBR route maps 200 200 200
OAM
Maximum BFD sessions 1000 (16 sessions multihop) 250 (16 sessions multihop) 250 (16 sessions multihop)
802.1ag sessions 4000 4000 4000
EVPN-VXLAN SCALING (IP Fabric)
VxLAN Tunnel (such as ToR, DCI, hybrid cloud) 1000 512 512
L2 VNI (bridge domains) 8000 4000 4000
L3 VNI 1024 512 512
Maximum VRFs 1024 512 512
LAYER 2
Maximum VLANs 4090 4090 4090
Maximum bridge domains 4000 4000 4000
Maximum MAC entries Default profile: 600000 non-MCT (256000 MCT/ EVPN) Route profile: 190000 168000 168000
Maximum VNIs 8000 256 (IPv4 only) 256 (IPv4 only)
LAYER 3
Maximum VEs 8000 4000 4000
Maximum VRFs 1024 512 512
SNMP
Maximum communities 256 256 256
Maximum contexts 256 256 256
Maximum community maps 256 256 256
Maximum SNMP v3 users 10 10 10
Maximum groups 10 10 10
Maximum views 10 10 10
Maximum v1/v2c trap hosts 12 12 12
Maximum v3 trap hosts 6 6 6
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