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VMware Topics
Configuration Maximums
VMwareInfrastructure 3
Revision Date (yyyymmdd): 20071220
When
you
are
selecting
and
configuring
your
virtual
and
physical
equipment,
you
must
stay
at
or
below
the
maximums
supported
by
VMware
®
Infrastructure
3.
The
following
tables
provide
information
about
supported
configuration
maximums
for
virtual
machines,
ESX
Server
hosts,
and
VirtualCenter
for
the
ESX
Server
3.0.1
and
VirtualCenter
2.0.1
releases.
page 4The
limits
presented
in
this
document
can
be
affected
by
other
factors,
such
as
hardware
dependencies.
For
more
information
about
supported
hardware,
see
the
appropriate
ESX
Server
3.x
Hardware
Compatibility
Guide.
Virtual Machine Maximums
The
following
table
contains
configuration
maximums
related
to
virtual
machines.
Table1.
Virtual Machine Maximums
ItemMaximum
SCSI
controllers
per
virtual
machine 4Devices
per
SCSI
controller 15Devices
per
virtual
machine
(Windows) 60Devices
per
virtual
machine
(Linux) 60Size
of
SCSI
disk 2TBNumber
of
virtual
CPUs
per
virtual
machine 4Size
of
RAM
per
virtual
machine 16384MBNumber
of
NICs
per
virtual
machine 4Number
of
IDE
devices
per
virtual
machine 4Number
of
floppy
devices
per
virtual
machine 2Number
of
parallel
ports
per
virtual
machine 2
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ESX Server Host Maximums
The
following
tables
contain
configuration
maximums
related
to
ESX
Server
hosts.
Storage Maximums
The
following
table
contains
configuration
maximums
related
to
ESX
Server
host
storage.
Number
of
serial
ports
per
virtual
machine 2
Size
of
a
virtual
machine
swap
file 16384MBNumber
of
virtual
PCI
devices:
NICs,
SCSI
controllers,
audio
devices
(VMware
Server
only),
and
video
cards
(exactly
one
is
present
in
every
virtual
machine).6Number
of
remote
consoles
to
a
virtual
machine 10
Table1.
Virtual Machine Maximums (Continued)
ItemMaximum
Table 2.
Storage Maximums
ItemMaximum
Block
size
(MB) 8Raw
Device
Mapping
size
(TB) 2Recommended
number
of
hosts
that
can
share
a
VMFS
volume
while
running
virtual
machines
against
that
volume.32Number
of
hosts
per
virtual
cluster 32Number
of
volumes
configured
per
server 256Number
of
extents
per
volume
32
VMFS-2
Extent
size 2TB
Volume
size 64TBFile
size
(block
size
=
1MB) 456GBFile
size
(block
size
=
8MB) 2TBFile
size
(block
size
=
64MB) 27TBFile
size
(block
size
=
256MB) 64TBNumber
of
files
per
volume 256
+
(64
x
number
of
extents)
VMFS-3
Volume
size
(block
size
=
1MB) ~16TB
‐
4GBVolume
size
(block
size
=
2MB) ~32TB
‐
8GBVolume
size
(block
size
=
4MB) ~64TB
‐
16GBVolume
size
(block
size
=
8MB) 64TBFile
size
(block
size
=
1MB) 256GBFile
size
(block
size
=
8MB) 2TBNumber
of
files
per
directory unlimited
VMware, Inc.3Configuration Maximums
Compute Maximums
The
following
table
contains
configuration
maximums
related
to
ESX
Server
host
compute
resources.
Memory Maximums
The
following
table
contains
configuration
maximums
related
to
ESX
Server
host
memory.
Number
of
directories
per
volume unlimitedNumber
of
files
per
volume unlimited
Fibre Channel
LUNs
per
server 256LUN
size 2TBSCSI
controllers
per
server 16Devices
per
SCSI
controller 16Number
of
paths
to
a
LUN 32Number
of
total
paths 1024LUNs
concurrently
opened
by
all
virtual
machines 256LUN
ID 255
NAS
Default
number
of
NAS
datastores 8Number
of
NAS
datastores 32
(requires
changes
to
advanced
settings)NAS
datastores
concurrently
opened
by
all
virtual
machines 32
Hardware and Software iSCSI initiators
LUNs
per
server 256Hardware
iSCSI
initiators
per
server 2Targets 641. Minimum
=
100MBs
Table 2.
Storage Maximums (Continued)
ItemMaximum
Table2.
Compute Maximums
ItemMaximum
Number
of
virtual
CPUs
per
server 128Number
of
cores
per
server 32Number
of
(hyperthreaded)
logical
processors
per
server 32Number
of
virtual
CPUs
per
core 8
Table3.
Memory Maximums
ItemMaximum
Size
of
RAM
per
server 64GBRAM
allocated
to
service
console 800MB
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