[c-nsp] jumbo frames

[Tim Winders]

MTU on SVI's?

Do you mean the VLAN interfaces on the 6500?

And what *should* happen with them?

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Tim Winders
Associate Dean of Information Technology
South Plains College
Levelland, TX 79336

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Dave Temkin wrote:

> You're correct, there's really no downside.  Just watch the MTU's on your
> SVI's..
>
> -Dave
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Tim Winders wrote:
>
>> The discussion on MPLS got me thinking about jumbo frames.  Is there any
>> reason NOT to set jumbo frames to 9216 if both ends of the link support
>> it?
>>
>> On switches such as the 3560G-GE where you have to set a global MTU, is
>> there any reason not to set the global MTU to 9198?  In most of my cases,
>> end workstations will not be configured for jumbo frames, but the trunk
>> back to the core would support jumbo frames and there might be an
>> occasional server that would support jumbo frames.
>>
>> I have stayed away from jumbo frames as I had been told that all devices
>> in the network must support jumbo frames.  Leaving the MTU at 1500 seemed
>> the "safest" bet.  I'm not wondering what I am losing by doing this and
>> what troubles I might find myself in if I suddenly start to enable jumbo
>> frames on my network.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tim Winders
>> Associate Dean of Information Technology
>> South Plains College
>> Levelland, TX 79336
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