How many vSwitches max in vSphere5?

[vMCollard]

I've been looking over the V5 Configuration Maximums guide and the Virtual_Networking_Concepts pdfs, and I can't seem to get a final answer on what the upper limit is for how many vSwitches you can have..

In the older versions it was 248.

What is the value in v5?

Thanks in advance,

Michael

[prasadsv]

There is no change in the vSwitches max per host  in vSphere5.Its same as older version i.e 248

[vMCollard]

/bin # esxcfg-vswitch -l | grep vSwitch | wc -l
255

I created 255 in a lab without trouble. After that I get an our of resources error.

SO for the VCP v5  exam, what answer do I give?

[Troy_Clavell]

vMCollard wrote:

SO for the VCP v5  exam, what answer do I give?

for testing purposes always follow the official documentation

Port groups per standard switch 256

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf

[vMCollard]

This is for port groups, and not vswitches. These are two different things, right? 

[Troy_Clavell]

I don't know of a hard maximum for Standard vSwitches, but I also see no need for 255 vSwitches.

[vMCollard]

These are theoretical maximums for the purpose of passing the exam. The practical reality is not important at this time.  (Fantasyland.)