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xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch CLI Manual
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JUMBO FRAME COMMANDS
Certain switches can support jumbo frames (frames larger than the Ethernet frame size of 1536 bytes). To transmit frames of up to 9K
(and 9216 bytes tagged), the user can increase the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size from the default of 1536 by enabling the
Jumbo Frame command.
The jumbo frame commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed (along with the appropriate parameters) in the following
table.
Command Parameters
enable jumbo_frame
disable jumbo_frame
show jumbo_frame
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
enable jumbo_frame
Purpose Used to enable the jumbo frame function on the Switch.
Syntax
enable jumbo_frame
Description This command will allow ethernet frames larger than 1536 bytes to be
processed by the Switch. The maximum size of the jumbo frame may
not exceed 9216 bytes tagged.
Parameters None.
Restrictions None.
Example usage:
To enable the jumbo frame function on the Switch:
DGS-3600:4#enable jumbo_frame
Command: enable jumbo_frame
Success.
DGS-3600:4#
disable jumbo_frame
Purpose Used to disable the jumbo frame function on the Switch.
Syntax
disable jumbo_frame
Description This command will disable the jumbo frame function on the Switch.
Parameters None.
Restrictions None.
Example usage:
To disable the jumbo frame function on the Switch: