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Chapter 3
| Basic Management Tasks
Configuring Support for Jumbo Frames
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Figure 4: General Switch Information
Configuring Support for Jumbo Frames
Use the System > Capability page to configure support for layer 2 jumbo frames.
The switch provides more efficient throughput for large sequential data transfers
by supporting jumbo frames of up to 9216 bytes for Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, and 40
Gigabit Ethernet ports or trunks. Compared to standard Ethernet frames that run
only up to 1.5 KB, using jumbo frames significantly reduces the per-packet
overhead required to process protocol encapsulation fields.
Usage Guidelines
To use jumbo frames, both the source and destination end nodes (such as a
computer or server) must support this feature. Also, when the connection is
operating at full duplex, all switches in the network between the two end
nodes must be able to accept the extended frame size. And for half-duplex
connections, all devices in the collision domain would need to support jumbo
frames.
This command globally enables support for jumbo frames on all Gigabit and 10
Gigabit ports and trunks. To set the MTU for a specific interface, enable jumbo
frames on this page, and then specify the required size of the MTU on the port
or trunk interface configuration page (see “Port Configuration” on page 104 or
Trunk Configuration” on page 126).
Parameters
The following parameters are displayed:
Jumbo Frame – Configures support for jumbo frames. (Default: Disabled)