Jumbo Frame Setting Notes; Lan Switch Setting Notes - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Disk User Manual

Chapter 3 Notes
3.7

Jumbo Frame Setting Notes

3.7 Jumbo Frame Setting Notes
To enable Jumbo Frame, all the connected devices must support Jumbo Frame. Set the appropriate values
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for various parameters (such as the MTU size) on each connected device.
For details about how to set Jumbo Frame for a LAN card and LAN switch, refer to the VMware ESX manuals
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and each device's manuals. Rebooting the server may be required to apply the new settings.
The MTU size that is supported by the ETERNUS DX60/DX60 S2, DX80/DX80 S2, DX90 S2, ETERNUS DX400 S2
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series, and ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series is 9000 bytes.
3.8

LAN Switch Setting Notes

When using a LAN switch that supports the flow control function, disable the flow control function according
to the following notes:
For access paths that use iSCSI, disable the flow control function on the sending and receiving ends of the
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port.
When a cascade connection is used to connect to LAN switches, disable the function for the LAN switch that
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is directly connected to the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system.
For details on how to set the flow control function of the LAN switch, refer to the LAN switch manual.
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