Jumbo Frame Commands - D-Link DES-6500 Command Line Interface Reference Manual

Certain switches can support jumbo frames (frames larger than the standard Ethernet frame size of 1518 bytes). To transmit
frames of up to 9K, the user can increase the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size from the default of 1522 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
enable jumbo_frame
disable jumbo_frame
show jumbo_frame
enable jumbo_frame
Purpose
Syntax
Description
Parameters
Restrictions
Example usage:
To enable the jumbo frame function on the switch:
disable jumbo_frame
Purpose
Syntax
Description
Parameters
Used to enable the jumbo frame function on the switch.
enable jumbo_frame
This command will allow ethernet frames larger than 1518 bytes to be
processed by the switch. The maximum size of the jumbo frame may
not exceed 9K.
None.
None.
DES-6500:4#enable jumbo_frame
Command: enable jumbo_frame
Success.
DES-6500:4#
Used to disable the jumbo frame function on the switch.
disable jumbo_frame
This command will disable the jumbo frame function on the switch.
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