Cisco Nexus 1000V - Product Specifications

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The switch uses the familiar Cisco NX-OS CLI to configure both physical and virtual environments:
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Manage network policies across Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series Switches as well as the Cisco
Nexus 1000V.
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Use REST APIs to deliver better orchestration by creating your own scripts.
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Use existing networking monitoring tools to manage and troubleshoot both environments.
Product Specifications
Maximum Supported Configurations
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64 hosts per VSM
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4096 virtual Ethernet ports per vswitch, with 300 virtual Ethernet ports per physical host
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2048 active VLANs
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2048 active VXLANs
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4000 port profiles
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6 physical NICs per physical host
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256 PortChannels per vswitch, with 4 PortChannels per physical host
Layer 2 Features
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Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
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IEEE 802.1q VLAN encapsulation
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Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
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Advanced PortChannel hashing based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information
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Source MAC address (default)
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Virtual port ID
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Destination IP address and Layer 4 port
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Destination IP address, Layer 4 port, and VLAN
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Destination IP address and VLAN
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Destination MAC address
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Destination Layer 4 port
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Source and destination IP addresses and Layer 4 port
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Source and destination IP addresses, Layer 4 port, and VLAN
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Source and destination IP addresses and VLAN
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Source and destination MAC addresses
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Source and destination Layer 4 ports
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Source IP address and Layer 4 port
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Source IP address, Layer 4 port, and VLAN
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Source IP address and VLAN
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Source MAC address
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Source Layer 4 port
◦ VLAN only