Cisco Nexus 7000 Supervisor module comparision - Sup1 Vs Sup2 Vs Sup2E

1. Supervisor 1 :-

• Before 6.2, maximum 4 VDC (3 non default + 1 default ) are supported. 
• In 6.2(2), Sup-1 also support admin VDC. It gives you the option to either create 1 x default VDC and 3 x non default VDC or 1 x admin VDC and 4 x non-default VDC.
• Maximum 32 FEX are supported
• CMP supported.
• CPU – Dula core Xeon
• Speed- 1.66 Ghz
• Memory – It comes with 4GB RAM and upgrade to 8GB is needed for MPLS and VDC features.
• CPU share not supported.

2. Supervisor 2 :-

• Maximum 4+1 admin VDC supported. In initial configuration Wizard, we get an option to create admin VDC. If we choose NO, then we can create 1x default VDC and 3 x non default VDC.
• Maximum 32 FEX are supported
• CMP is not supported.
• CPU – Quad core 
• Speed- 2.13 Ghz
• Memory – 8Gb
• CPU share is supported

3. Supervisor 2E :-

• Maximum 8+ 1 admin VDC supported. 
• Maximum 64 FEX are supported
• CMP is not supported.
• CPU – Dual  quad core
• Speed- 2.13 Ghz
• Memory – 32 Gb
• CPU share is supported.

Note :-
1. There is a license#LAN_ADVANCED_SERVICES_PKG (N7K-ADV1K9)  needed to create more than one VDC upto 4 VDC. Without license you can only use VDC 1 ( admin or  default whichever is chosen in the initial wizard).
2. For Sup 2, " VDC Licenses (N7K-VDC1K9) " License is needed to add license for 4 VDCs and hence can support 8 VDCs. Each license increment the vdc number by 4.

2. CPU share is the way by which we can allocate the specific CPU to the important VDCs.