Skip to Main Content
The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
book

The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

How it works…

Jumbo frames must be supported and enabled on the network from end to end; this includes the physical network infrastructure as well. In vSphere, jumbo frames are enabled either in the vSwitch configuration or on the vDSwitch uplinks by setting the value Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) to 9000. Jumbo frames must also be enabled on VMkernel interfaces by setting the value of MTU for the PortGroup to 9000.

To enable jumbo frames, set the value of MTU (Bytes) on the vSwitch to 9000, as shown in the following screenshot:

Editing the MTU of a VSS

If you are using a vDSwitch, the MTU (Bytes) is set to 9000 in the Advanced settings ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Learning VMware vSphere

Learning VMware vSphere

Rebecca Fitzhugh, Abhilash G B
Networking for VMware Administrators

Networking for VMware Administrators

Christopher Wahl, Steven Pantol

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781838985752Supplemental Content