vSphereMaxConfigs.csv

  1. Maximum virtual CPUs per VM (Virtual SMP)
    32
  2. Maximum RAM per VM
    1TB
  3. Maximum VM swap file size
    1TB
  4. Maximum virtual SCSI adapters per VM
    4
  5. Maximum virtual SCSI targets per virtual SCSI adapter
    15
  6. Maximum SCSI targets per VM
    60
  7. Maximum virtual disks per VM (PVSCSI)
    60
  8. Maximum virtual disk size
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  9. Maximum IDE controllers per VM
    1
  10. Maximum IDE devices per VM
    4
  11. Maximum floppy controllers per VM
    1
  12. Maximum virtual NICs per vm
    10
  13. Maximum usb controller per vm
    1
  14. Maximum usb devices connected to a vm
    20
  15. Maximum parallel ports per vm
    3
  16. Maximum USB 3.0 devices
    per vm
  17. Maximum xHCI USB controllers
    20
  18. Maximum serial ports per vm
    4
  19. Maximum video memory per vm
    128MB
  20. Maximum concurrent remote console connections to a vm
    40
  21. Maximum logical CPUs per host
    160
  22. Maximum VMs per host
    512
  23. Maximum virtual CPUs per host
    2048
  24. Maximum virtual CPUs per core
    25
  25. Maximum fault tolerance virtual disks
    16
  26. Maximum fault tolerance virtual CPUs per vm
    1
  27. Maximum fault tolerance RAM per VM
    64GB
  28. Maximum fault tolerance VMs per host
    4
  29. Maximum ram per host
    2TB
  30. Maximum number of swap files
    1 per vm
  31. Maximum swap file size
    1TB
  32. Maximum virtual disks per host
    2048
  33. Maximum iSCSI LUNs per server
    256
  34. Maximum QLogic 1Gb iSCSI HBA initiator ports per server
    4
  35. Maximum Broadcom 1Gb iSCSI HBA initiator ports per server
    4
  36. Maximum Broadcom 10Gb iSCSI HBA initator ports per server
    4
  37. Maximum NICs that can be associated or port bound with the software iSCSI stack per server
    8
  38. Maximum number of total iSCSI paths on a server
    1024
  39. Maximum number of paths to a LUN (software iSCSI and hardware iSCSI)
    8
  40. Maximum QLogic iSCSI dynamic targets per adapter port
    64
  41. Maximum QLogic iSCSI static targers per adapter port
    62
  42. Maximum Broadcom 1Gb iSCSI HBA targets per adaptor port
    64
  43. Maximum Broadcom 10Gb iSCSI HBA targets per adaptor port
    128
  44. Maximum software iSCSI targets
    256
  45. Maximum NFS mounts per host
    256
  46. Maximum FC LUNs per host
    256
  47. Maximum FC LUN IDs
    255
  48. Maximum FC Number of paths to a LUN
    32
  49. Maximum FC number of total paths on a server
    1024
  50. Maximum FC number of HBAs of any type
    8
  51. Maximum FC HBA ports
    16
  52. Maximum FC targets per HBA
    256
  53. Maximum software FCoE adapters
    4
  54. Maximum VMFS volumes per host
    256
  55. Maximum VMFS hosts per volume
    64
  56. Maximum powered on VMs per VMFS volume
    256
  57. Maximum VMFS3 volume size
    64TB
  58. Maximum VMFS3 RDM (virtual compatibility) size
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  59. Maximum VMFS3 RDM (physical compatibility) size
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  60. Maximum VMFS3 block size
    8MB
  61. Maximum VMFS3 file size (1MB block size)
    256GB
  62. Maximum VMFS3 file size (2MB block size)
    512GB
  63. Maximum VMFS3 file size (4MB block size)
    1TB
  64. Maximum VMFS3 file size (8MB block size)
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  65. Maximum VMFS3 files per volume
    approximately 30720
  66. Maximum VMFS5 volume size
    64TB
  67. Maximum VMFS5 RDM (virtual compatibility) size
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  68. Maximum VMFS5 RDM (physical compatibility) size
    64TB
  69. Maximum VMFS5 block size
    1MB
  70. Maximum VMFS5 file size
    2TB minus 512 bytes
  71. Maximum VMFS5 files per volume
    approximately 130690
  72. Maximum concurrent vMotion operations per datastore
    128
  73. Maximum concurrent storage vMotion operations per datastore
    8
  74. Maximum concurrent storage vMotion operations per host
    2
  75. Maximum concurrent non-vMotion provisioning operations per host
    8
  76. Maximum e1000 1Gb ethernet ports (Intel PCI-x)
    32
  77. Maximum e1000e 1Gb Ethernet ports (Intel PCI-e)
    24
  78. Maximum igb 1Gb ethernet ports (Intel)
    16
  79. Maximum tg3 1Gb ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    32
  80. Maximum bnx2 1Gb ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    16
  81. Maximum forcedeth 1Gb ethernet ports (NVIDIA)
    2
  82. Maximum nx_nic 10Gb ethernet ports (NetXen)
    8
  83. Maximum ixgbe 10Gb ethernet ports (Intel)
    8
  84. Maximum bnx2x 10Gb ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    8
  85. Maximum be2net 10Gb ethernet ports (Emulex)
    8
  86. Maximum Combinatoin of 10Gb and 1 Gb ethernet ports
    Six 10Gb and four 1GB ports
  87. Maximum VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per host
    8
  88. Maximum VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per VM
    4
  89. Maximum Total virtual network switch ports per host (VDS and VSS ports)
    4096
  90. Maximum active ports per host (VDS and VSS)
    1016
  91. Maximum Virtual network switch creation ports per standard switch
    4088
  92. Maximum port groups per standard switch
    256
  93. Maximum distributed virtual network switch ports per vCenter
    30000
  94. Maximum static port groups per vCenter
    5000
  95. Maximum ephemeral port groups per vCenter
    256
  96. Maximum hosts per VDS
    350
  97. Maximum distributed switches per vCenter
    32
  98. Maximum concurrent vMotion operations per host (1Gb/s network)
    4
  99. Maximum concurrent vMotion operations per host (10Gb/s network)
    8
  100. Maximum hosts per cluster
    32
  101. Maximum VMs per cluster
    3000
  102. Maximum concurrent host HA failover
    32
  103. Maximum failover as percentage of cluster
    100%
  104. Maximum resource pools per cluster
    1600
  105. Maximum resource pools per host
    1600
  106. Maximum children per resource pool
    1024
  107. Maximum resource pool tree depth
    8
  108. Maximum vCloud Director VM count
    20000
  109. Maximum vCloud Director powered on VM count
    10000
  110. Maximum vCloud Director organizations
    10000
  111. Maximum vCloud Director VMs per vApp
    64
  112. Maximum vCloud Director vApps per organization
    500
  113. Maximum vCloud Director number of networks
    7500
  114. Maximum vCloud Director hosts
    2000
  115. Maximum vCloud Director vCenter Servers
    25
  116. Maximum vCloud Director virtual data centers
    10000
  117. Maximum vCloud Director datastores
    1024
  118. Maximum vCloud Director catalogs
    1000
  119. Maximum vCloud Director Media
    1000
  120. Maximum vCloud Director Users
    10000
  121. Maximum hosts per vCenter Server
    1000
  122. Maximum powered on VMs per vCenter Server
    10000
  123. Maximum registered VMs per vCenter Server
    15000
  124. Maximum linked vCenter Servers
    10
  125. Maximum Hosts in linked vCenter Servers
    3000
  126. Maximum powered on VMs in linked vCenter Servers
    30000
  127. Maximum registered VMs in linked vCenter Servers
    50000
  128. Maximum concurrent vSphere Clients
    100
  129. Maximum number of host per datacenter
    5000
  130. Maximum MAC addresses per vCenter Server
    65536
  131. Maximum USB devices connected at vSphere Client
    20
  132. Maximum Update Manager host scans in single vCenter Server
    1000
  133. Maximum Update Manager VM scans in single vCenter server
    10000
  134. Maximum Update Manager Cisco VDS update and deployment
    70
  135. Maximum Update Manager VMware Tools scan per ESXi host
    90
  136. Maximum Update Manager VMware Tools upgrade per ESXi host
    24
  137. Maximum Update Manager VM hardware scan per host
    90
  138. Maximum Update Manager VM hardware upgrade per host
    24
  139. Maximum Update Manager VMware Tools scan per VUM server
    75
  140. Maximum Update Manager VMware Tools upgrade per VUM server
    75
  141. Maximum Update Manager VMware hardware scan per VUM server
    75
  142. Maximum Update Manager VMware hardware upgrade per VUM server
    75
  143. Maximum Update Manager ESXi host scan per VUM server
    75
  144. Maximum Update Manager ESXi host remediation per VUM server
    71
  145. Maximum Update Manager ESXi host upgrade per VUM server
    71
  146. Maximum Update Manager ESXi host upgrade per cluster
    1
  147. Maximum vCenter Orchestrator connected vCenter server systems
    10
  148. Maximum vCenter Orchestrator connected ESXi instances
    100
  149. Maximum vCenter Orchestrator connected VMs
    15000
  150. Maximum vCenter Orchestrator concurrent running workflows
    150
  151. Maximum vCenter VASA storage providers
    10
  152. Maximum Storage DRS virtual disks per datastore cluster
    9000
  153. Maximum Storage DRS datastores per datastore cluster
    32
  154. Maximum Storage DRS datastore clusters per vCenter
    256
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vSphereMaxConfigs.csv
Description
VMware vSphere 5 Maximum Configurations for VCP Exam
Updated