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xStack DGS/DXS-3300 Series Layer 3 Stackable Gigabit Ethernet Switch CLI Manual
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JUMBO FRAME COMMANDS
Certain switches can support jumbo frames (frames larger than the standard Ethernet frame size of 1518 bytes). To transmit
frames of up to 9K (and 9004 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 9k.
Parameters None.
Restrictions None.
Example usage:
To enable the jumbo frame function on the Switch:
DGS-3324SRi:4#enable jumbo_frame
Command: enable jumbo_frame
Success.
DGS-3324SRi: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.