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Configuration Maximums
VMware vSphere 4.1
Whenyouselectandconfigureyourvirtualandphysicalequipment,youmuststayatorbelowthemaximums supportedbyvSphere4.1.Thelimitspresentedinthefollowingtablesrepresenttested,recommendedlimits, andtheyarefullysupportedbyVMware.
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Configuration Maximums
Compute Maximums
Table 2containsconfigurationmaximumsrelatedtoESXhostcomputeresources. Table 2. Compute Maximums
Item Host CPU maximums LogicalCPUsperhost Virtual machine maximums Virtualmachinesperhost VirtualCPUsperhost VirtualCPUspercore Fault Tolerance maximums Virtualdisks VirtualCPUspervirtualmachine RAMperFTVM(GB) Virtualmachinesperhost 16 1 64 4 320 512 252 upto1601 Maximum
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Memory Maximums
Table 3containsconfigurationmaximumsrelatedtoESXhostmemory. Table 3. Memory Maximums
Item RAMperhost MaximumRAMallocatedtoserviceconsole MinimumRAMallocatedtoserviceconsole Numberofswapfiles Swapfilesize Maximum 1TB 800MB 272MB 1pervirtualmachine SameasmaximumvirtualmachineRAM
Storage Maximums
Table 4containsconfigurationmaximumsrelatedtoESXhoststorage. Table 4. Storage Maximums
Item iSCSI Physical LUNsperserver Qlogic1GbiSCSIHBAinitiatorportsperserver Broadcom1GbiSCSIHBAinitiatorportsperserver Broadcom10GbiSCSIHBAinitiatorportsperserver NICsthatcanbeassociatedorportboundwiththesoftwareiSCSIstack perserver Numberoftotalpathsonaserver NumberofpathstoaLUN(softwareiSCSIandhardwareiSCSI) QlogiciSCSI:dynamictargetsperadapterport QlogiciSCSI:statictargetsperadapterport Broadcom1GbiSCSIHBAtargets Broadcom10GbiSCSIHBAtargets SoftwareiSCSItargets NAS NFSmountsperhost Fibre Channel LUNsperhost LUNsize LUNID LUNsconcurrentlyopenedbyallvirtualmachines NumberofpathstoaLUN Numberoftotalpathsonaserver NumberofHBAsofanytype HBAports TargetsperHBA 256 2TBminus512 bytes 255 256 32 1024 8 16 256 64 256 4 4 4 8 1024 8 64 62 64 64 2561 Maximum
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1. Thesumofstatictargets(manuallyassignedIPaddresses)anddynamictargets(IPaddresses assignedtodiscoveredtargets)maynotexceedthisnumber.
Networking Maximums
Thefollowinglimitsrepresentachievablemaximumconfigurationlimitsfornetworkinginenvironments wherenoothermorerestrictivelimitsapply(forexample,vCenterServerlimits,thelimitsimposedby featuressuchasHAorDRS,andotherconfigurationsthatmightimposerestrictionsmustbeconsideredwhen deployinglargescalesystems). Foradditionalinformationaboutthesemaximums,seeKB1020808. Table 5containsconfigurationmaximumsrelatedtoESXhostnetworking. Table 5. Networking Maximums
Item Physical NICs e10001GBEthernetports(IntelPCIx) e1000e1GBEthernetports(IntelPCIe) igb1GBEthernetports(Intel) tg31GBEthernetports(Broadcom) bnx21GBEthernetports(Broadcom) forcedeth1GBEthernetports(NVIDIA) s2io10GBEthernetports(Neterion) nx_nic10GBEthernetports(NetXen) ixgbeOplin10GBEthernetports(Intel) bnx2x10GBEthernetports(Broadcom) Infinibandports(refertoVMwareCommunitySupport) VMDirectPath limits VMDirectPathPCI/PCIedevicesperhost VMDirectPathPCI/PCIedevicespervirtualmachine 8 43 32 24 16 32 161 2 4 4 4 4 N/A2 Maximum
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Maximum
81 4096 1024
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1. ConcurrentvMotionoperationiscurrentlysupportedonlywhensourceanddestination hostsareinthesamecluster.
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