Recommended Configuration

Maximums

VMware HCX
Updated on August 19, 2019
 Recommended Configuration Limits

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 Recommended Configuration Limits

This Configuration Maximums document provides the recommended configuration limits for VMware
products. When you configure, deploy and operate your virtual and physical equipment, it is highly
recommended you stay within the limits supported by your product. The limits presented in the tool are
tested, recommended limits, and are fully supported by VMware.

Disclaimer: The limits can be affected by other factors, such as hardware dependencies. For more information about the
supported hardware, see the appropriate hardware compatibility guide. It might not be possible to maximize all configuration
settings and expect your desired outcome. To ensure that you do not exceed supported configurations for your environment,
consult individual solution limits. The recommended configuration limits do not represent the theoretical possibilities of your
product.

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 Recommended Configuration Limits
Category
Sites and HCX Service Components
Site Pairs
Service Mesh
HCX Interconnect (IX) Appliances
HCX WAN Optimization Appliances
HCX Network Extension Appliances
HCX Service Appliances
Migrations
Concurrent HCX Bulk Migrations
Concurrent HCX vMotions
Concurrent HCX Cold Migrations
Concurrent HCX Replication
Assisted vMotions
Concurrent HCX OS Assisted
Migrations
Disaster Recovery and Site Recovery Manager
Concurrent VM Protections
Network Extension
Network Extensions with NSX for
vSphere at the Destination Site
Network Extensions with NSX-T at
the Destination Site
Network Extension Throughput per
Appliance
Network Extension Throughput per
Network Flow
Migration Centric Virtual Machine Limits
VM Disk size for HCX Bulk
Migrations
VM Disk size for HCX vMotion
Migrations
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Limit Description
25 Registered destination HCX
Managers per source HCX
Manager.
25 Per HCX Manager.
1 One per Service Mesh.
1 One per Service Mesh.
100 Per HCX Manager.
125 HCX service appliances of all types.
100 Per HCX Manager.
1 Per Service Mesh. Subsequent
vMotion Migrations are queued, up
to a maximum of 100.
8 Per Service Mesh. Subsequent Cold
Migrations are queued, up to a
maximum of 100.
100 Per HCX Manager. The scheduled
switchover will be serial.
Switchovers will be queued with
HCX vMotions.
50 50 Virtual Machine Disk
Replications.
500 Per HCX Manager.
200 Maximum number of source
networks that can be extended to
per Network Extension appliance.
8 10 Network Extension appliance
interfaces minus uplink/
management.
Approx 4-6+ Gbps per HCX Network
4-6+ Gbits/ Extension Appliance.
sec for 10G
pNic Observed performance in similar
environments can vary depending
on factors like MTU, Latency,
Environment Traffic, Network
Bandwidth, CPU, Memory
resources.
Approx. 1 1 Gbps per Network Flow. The
Gbits/sec observed performance in similar
for 10G environments can vary depending
pNic. on factors like MTU, Latency,
Environment Traffic, Network
Bandwidth, CPU, Memory
resources.
62 TB Virtual Machine Disk limit for HCX
Bulk migrations.
30 TB Virtual Machine Disk limit for HCX
vMotion migrations.
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 Recommended Configuration Limits
Category
Minimum VM Hardware Version for
HCX Bulk Migration
Minimum VM Hardware Version for
HCX vMotion
Minimum VM Hardware Version for
HCX Replication Assisted vMotion
Minimum VM Hardware Version for
HCX Cold Migration
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Limit Description
7 The VM Hardware can be upgraded
during the migration operation
using Extended Options.
9 The VM Hardware can be flagged
for upgrade during the migration
operation using Extended Options.
The VM Hardware will be upgraded
when during the next reboot.
9 The VM Hardware can be flagged
for upgrade during the migration
operation using Extended Options.
The VM Hardware will be upgraded
when during the next reboot.
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