For a switch you might want to check the Cisco Catalyst series, and 3Com,
Bay Networks and Compaq have switches that support Jumbo Frames. I can't
remember the model numbers unfortunately.
Alteon ACESwitches also stack to expand the number of ports. Probably not
the most cost effective method, but it does work rather well.
I believe that is actually harder to find a NIC that supports Jumbo Frames
than for switches. But I could be seriously mistaken. Jumbo Frames if
rapidly being adopted, but that also means that it will most likely not work
with existing infrastructure devices.
Will
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Eadline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Jason L Tibbitts III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Fibre Channel adapter for linux?
> On Fri, 7 May 1999, Will wrote:
>
> > Using Alteon AceNIC cards with kernel 2.1.131 and Jumbo Frames (9k) =
~700
> > Mbps
> >
> > Check here
http://www.alteon.com/products/index.phtml?page=products.html
> >
> > And click on "performance" on the menu to see some measurements that
have
> > been taken with various OS's etc.
>
> This is nice, but you need a Alteon switch to use the jumbo frames.
> If you need more than 8 ports you are out of luck.
> I do not know if any other vendors support this in there
> switches - it is after all non standard.
>
> Doug
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