Unable to Set Jumbo Frame MTU to 9216


avp2306

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6 hours ago, avp2306 said:

How can I set MTU to match my switch's 9216?

Given the error message you're receiving, you can't. But why do you want to, anyway? Just set the MTU on your server and everything else on your network to the standard Jumbo frame size of 9000 bytes and enjoy the fact that your switch will pass the Jumbo frames. Bear in mind that Jumbo frames are not backwards compatible, so if you have anything on your network that doesn't support them you won't be able to use them so stick with an MTU of 1500. With gigabit Ethernet there isn't much to be gained anyway and in my experience Jumbo frames are more trouble than they're worth unless you have a dedicated segment or a point-to-point connection. With 10G Ethernet it's a different matter.

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