topic Re: Maximum number of IP alias per vlan/physical interface ? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Maximum-number-of-IP-alias-per-vlan-physical-interface/m-p/72443#M16825 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>There is no imposed limit for IP aliases per storage controller.&nbsp; We have internally tested configurations with hundreds of IP aliases, but never with thousands. The risk is to performance so this configuration should be validated in a test lab or POC before deployment into production environment.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Marco</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:48:55 GMT mscarpi 2012-06-15T11:48:55Z Maximum number of IP alias per vlan/physical interface ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Maximum-number-of-IP-alias-per-vlan-physical-interface/m-p/72438#M16824 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, </P><P></P><P>I have a vif (ifgrp) of 2 physical interfaces e0a and e0b, in single_mode, called e0vif</P><P>I created some vlan on this vif, e0vif-2000, e0vif-2001,e0vif,2002.....</P><P>Each vlan interface are dedicated, with ipspace, to different vfiler.</P><P>I need more than one IP per vfiler, so I'm using IP alias</P><P>I created 2 or 3 IP alias per vlan interface and I can ping my vFiler with all the IP, so all work fine <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P></P><P>My question: What is the maximum number of IP alias that I can create per vlan-interface, or physical interface (I think the limitation is the same for physical or vlan interface) ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Vincent</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:25:01 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Maximum-number-of-IP-alias-per-vlan-physical-interface/m-p/72438#M16824 vemery999 2025-06-05T06:25:01Z Re: Maximum number of IP alias per vlan/physical interface ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Maximum-number-of-IP-alias-per-vlan-physical-interface/m-p/72443#M16825 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>There is no imposed limit for IP aliases per storage controller.&nbsp; We have internally tested configurations with hundreds of IP aliases, but never with thousands. The risk is to performance so this configuration should be validated in a test lab or POC before deployment into production environment.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Marco</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:48:55 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Maximum-number-of-IP-alias-per-vlan-physical-interface/m-p/72443#M16825 mscarpi 2012-06-15T11:48:55Z