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Configuration Maximums VMware vSphere 4.1 (Networking Maximums)

  1. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    e1000 1GB Ethernet ports (Intel PCI‐x)
    32
  2. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    e1000e 1GB Ethernet ports (Intel PCI‐e)
    24
  3. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    igb 1GB Ethernet ports (Intel)
    16
  4. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    tg3 1GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    32
  5. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    bnx2 1GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    • 16
    • Recommended number of ports for bnx2 when in MSI‐X mode and jumbo configuration is 6.
    • This value takes precedence over recommendations in KB 1020808 for this configuration.
  6. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    forcedeth 1GB Ethernet ports (NVIDIA)
    2
  7. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    s2io 10GB Ethernet ports (Neterion)
    4
  8. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    nx_nic 10GB Ethernet ports (NetXen)
    4
  9. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    ixgbe Oplin 10GB Ethernet ports (Intel)
    4
  10. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    bnx2x 10GB Ethernet ports (Broadcom)
    4
  11. Networking Maximums
    Physical NICs

    Infiniband ports (refer to VMware Community Support)
    N/A
  12. Mellanox Technologies InfiniBand HCA device drivers are available directly from Mellanox
    • Technologies. Refer to Mellanox for support status of InfiniBand HCAs with
    • ESX. http://www.mellanox.com
  13. Networking Maximums
    VMDirectPath limits

    VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per host
    8
  14. Networking Maximums
    VMDirectPath limits

    VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per virtual machine
    • 4
    • A virtual machine can support 6 devices, if 2 of them are Teradici devices.
  15. Networking Maximums
    VMDirectPath limits

    Total virtual network switch ports per host (vDS and vSS ports)
    4096
  16. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Maximum ACTIVE ports per host (vDS and VSS)
    1016
  17. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Virtual network switch creation ports per standard switch
    4088
  18. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Port groups per standard switch
    512
  19. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Static or Dynamic Port groups per distributed switch
    5000
  20. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Ephemeral Port groups per distributed switch
    1016
  21. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Ports per distributed switch
    20000
  22. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Distributed virtual network switch ports per vCenter
    20000
  23. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Static or Dynamic Port groups per vCenter
    5000
  24. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Ephemeral Port groups per vCenter
    1016
  25. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Distributed switches per vCenter
    32
  26. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Distributed switches per Host
    16
  27. Networking Maximums
    vNetwork Standard and Distributed Switch

    Hosts per distributed switch
    350
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Configuration Maximums VMware vSphere 4.1 (Networking Maximums)
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