Here is a list of VMware vSphere Configuration limits for the latest VMware vSphere version and some previous releases.
Virtual Machine Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Virtual CPUs per virtual machine
256
256*
128
128
64
64
32
RAM per virtual machine
6TB
6TB
6TB
4TB
1TB
1TB
1TB
Virtual SCSI adapters per virtual machine
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Virtual SCSI targets per virtual SCSI adapter
64
64
15
15
15
X
X
Virtual SCSI targets per virtual machine
256
256
60
60
60
X
X
Virtual NVMe adapters per virtual machine
4
4
4
X
X
X
X
Virtual NVMe targets per virtual SCSI adapter
15
15
15
X
X
X
X
Virtual NVMe targets per virtual machine
60
60
60
X
X
X
X
Virtual SATA adapters per virtual machine
4
4
4
4
4
X
X
Virtual SATA devices per virtual SATA adapter
30
30
30
30
30
X
X
Virtual disk size
62TB
62TB
62TB
62TB
62TB
2TB
2TB
IDE controllers per virtual machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
IDE devices per virtual machine
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Floppy controllers per virtual machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Floppy devices per virtual machine
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Virtual NICs per virtual machine
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
USB controllers per virtual machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
USB devices connected to a virtual machine
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
USB 3.0 devices per virtual machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Video memory per virtual machine
4GB
2GB
2GB
512MB
512MB
X
X
Parallel ports per virtual machine
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Host Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Logical CPUs per host
768
768
576
480
320
160
160
Virtual machines per host
1024
1024
1024
1024
512
512
512
Virtual CPUs per host
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
2048
2048
Virtual CPUs per core
32
32
32
32
32
25
25
RAM per host
16TB
16TB
12TB
12TB
4TB
2TB
2TB
Network Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Total virtual network switch ports per host
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
Maximum active ports per host
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1050
1050
Virtual network switch creation ports
4088
4088
4088
4088
4088
4088
4088
Port groups
512
512
512
512
512
512
512
Distributed virtual network switch ports per vCenter
60000
60000
60000
60000
60000
60000
60000
Static port groups per vCenter
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
Ephemeral port groups per vCenter
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
Hosts per distributed switch
2000
2000
2000
1000
500
500
350
Distributed switches per vCenter
128
128
128
128
128
128
32
VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per host
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
VMDirectPath PCI/PCIe devices per virtual machine
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Concurrent vMotion operations per host (1Gb/s network)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Concurrent vMotion operations per host (10Gb/s network)
4
4
8
8
8
8
8
Storage Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Software iSCSI NICs per server
8
8
8
8
8
8
Number of total paths on a server
4048
2048
1024
1024
1024
1024
Number of paths to a iSCSI LUN
8
8
8
8
8
8
Software iSCSI targets
256
256
256
256
256
256
NFS mounts per host
256
256
256
256
256
256
FC LUNs per host
512
512
256
256
256
256
FC LUN ID
16383
16383
1023
255
255
255
FC Number of paths to a LUN
32
32
32
32
32
32
Number of HBAs of any type
8
8
8
8
8
8
HBA ports
16
16
16
16
16
16
Targets per HBA
256
256
256
256
256
Software FCoE adapters
4
4
4
4
4
4
Hosts per volume
64
64
64
64
64
64
Powered on virtual machines per VMFS volume
2048
2048
2048
2048
2048
2048
Concurrent vMotion operations per datastore
128
128
128
128
128
128
Concurrent Storage vMotion operations per datastore
8
8
8
8
8
8
Concurrent Storage vMotion operations per host
2
2
2
2
2
2
Concurrent non vMotion provisioning operations per host
8
8
8
8
8
8
VMFS Volume size
64TB
64TB
64TB
64TB
64TB
64TB
Virtual disks per datastore cluster
9000
9000
9000
9000
X
X
Datastores per datastore cluster
64
64
64
64
X
X
Datastore clusters per vCenter
256
256
256
256
X
X
Fault Tolerance Limits
vSphere
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Virtual disks
16
16
16
16
16
X
Virtual CPUs per virtual machine
8
4
4
1
1
1
RAM per FT VM
64GB
64GB
64GB
64GB
64GB
64GB
Virtual machines per host
4
4
4
4
4
4
Virtual SAN Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
Virtual SAN disk groups per host
X
5
5
5
5
Magnetic disks per disk group
X
7
7
7
7
SSD disks per disk group
X
1
1
1
1
Spinning disks in all diskgroups per host
X
35
35
35
35
Components per Virtual SAN host
X
9000
9000
9000
3000
Number of Virtual SAN nodes in a cluster
X
64
64
64
32
Number of Virtual SAN nodes in a cluster (All-Flash)
X
32
32
X
X
Number of datastores per cluster
X
1
1
1
1
Virtual machines per host
X
200
200
200
100
Virtual machines per cluster
X
6000
6000
6400
3200
Virtual machine virtual disk size
X
62TB
62TB
62TB
62TB
Disk stripes per object
X
12
12
12
12
Percentage of flash read cache reservation
X
100
100
100
100
Failure to tolerate
X
3
3
3
3
Percentage of object space reservation
X
100
100
100
100
Virtual SAN networks/physical network fabrics
X
2
2
2
2
vCenter Server Limits
vSphere
7.0
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Hosts per vCenter Server
X
2000
2000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Powered on virtual machines
X
25000
25000
10000
10000
10000
10000
Registered virtual machines
X
35000
15000
15000
15000
15000
Linked vCenter Servers
X
15
10/15
10
10
10
10
Hosts in linked vCenter Servers
X
8000
6000
4000
3000
3000
3000
Powered on virtual machines in linked vCenter
X
50000
30000/50000
30000
30000
30000
30000
Registered virtual machines in linked vCenter
X
70000
50000
50000
50000
50000
50000
Concurrent Client connections
X
X
60
180
100
100
100
Number of host per datacenter
X
2000
500
500
500
500
MAC addresses per vCenter Server
X
65536
65536
65536
65536
65536
USB devices connected at vSphere Client
X
X
20
20
20
20
Cluster and Resource Pool Limits
vSphere
6.7
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.1
5.0
Hosts per cluster
64
64
64
32
32
32
Virtual machines per cluster
8000
8000
4000
4000
4000
3000
Virtual machines per host
X
1024
1024
512
512
512
Maximum concurrent host HA failover
X
X
X
X
32
32
Failover as percentage of cluster
X
X
X
X
100%
100%
Resource pools per cluster
X
1600
1600
1600
1600
1600
Resource pools per host
X
1600
1600
1600
1600
1600
Children per resource pool
X
1100
1100
1024
1024
1024
Resource pool tree depth
8
8
8
8
8
8
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