Configuring Jumbo Frames enables the Ethernet interfaces to send and receive packets larger than the standard 1500 bytes. However, the actual transfer size depends on the switch capability and the device driver capability.
Note - Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for exact commands to configure Jumbo Frames support.
Jumbo frames can be enable in a Linux environment with the following steps
Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
1. Ensure that the nxge software Read more...
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IP setting can be done temporary or persistent.
in the fist case, the interface must be plumbed in the following way:
# ifconfig nxge0 plumb
# ifconfig <intferface> <ip address> broadcast <bcast address> netmask <netmask>
If you want your configuration to persist across reboots you'd need to do the following... Each machine on a TCP/IP network gets its configuration information from the
following TCP/IP configuration files and network databases:
/etc/hostname.interface Read more...