Packet fragmentation is done in the TCP/IP stack. The stack will chunk the packet up into smaller packets before sending it over the HiperSockets device.
Regards, Miguel Delapaz z/VM TCP/IP Development The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 08/20/2008 12:40:47 PM: > [image removed] > > HiperSockets Question > > Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) > > to: > > IBMVM > > 08/20/2008 12:43 PM > > Sent by: > > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System > > Hi > > If I am using HiperSockets and my MTU size is 1500 and a pass a > packet size of 2000 will the data in the packet be truncated since > it is bigger than 1500? I thought I read that since HiperSockets is > memory transfers that the MTU can not be split like it would over a > normal transmission pipe, meaning that for a 3K packet size over a > MTU 1500 link would not be split into 2 transmissions. Am I correct > in the assumption? > > Thank You, > > Terry Martin > Lockheed Martin - Information Technology > z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning > Cell - 443 632-4191 > Work - 410 786-0386 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
