On 08/27/2012 01:57 PM, Carl Friedberg wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner- scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Todd And Margo Chester Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 4:49 PM To: Scientific Linux Users Subject: jumbo frames?Hi All, Can anyone tell me what this means? just disable jumbo frames on centos host interface ifcfg and ethernet switch. Many thanks, -T
> Todd and Margo Chester: > > I can give you some information. > > jumbo frames refer to a capability to send very large packets > over gigabit Ethernet (somewhere near 9,000 bytes), as > opposed to the traditional ~1500 byte packet size on > traditional Ethernet. > > This only works between two end-points if every switch > handling the frame/packet has jumbo frame capability > enabled. > > There have been instances (I've run into them, but not > on SL) where enabling jumbo frames can cause issues. > > So, since you didn't provide context on that piece of > advice, I can't guess why they were suggesting > disabling jumbo frames. > > Typically, jumbo frames are disabled by default (but, > I don't know what the SL policy is). > > Carl > > Carl Friedberg > www.about.me/carl.friedberg > friedb...@comets.com > www.comets.com > Problems Solved > > Where would I go to check on this? Is there a utility?
