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3.2.11. Maximum Packet Length
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• Function Name: Maximum Packet Length
• Function The switch is capable of dealing with 9k Jumbo Frames.
Description: Jumbo frames are effective in point to point environments for
large payload data transfers. They maximise the data-to-
header payload ratio, so that more data is sent with less
header information (note that both transmitting and receiving
nodes need to support Jumbo Frames)
• Parameter Max. Frame Size:
Description: * Used to define the maximum packet length of Jumbo
Frames that each port can accept. Maximum length is
in bytes, from the available choices of 1518 bytes,
1532 bytes or 9208 bytes. The default is 1532 bytes
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