Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Victor Sudakov wrote: There is one more point. Some switches are connected via communications equipment (e.g. iPASOLINK radio relay) rather than directly. Those switches' GigabitEthernet ports are running in the 100Mb/s mode because the iPASOLINK equipment has FastEthernet ports with

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-25 Thread Victor Sudakov
Lukas Tribus wrote: Soon we will be enabling MPLS on some routers connected to this network, so the switches will have to handle frames with the MTU larger than the default 1500 bytes. How do I configure the switches to pass frames with MTU=1600, if possible, without disrupting the

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Victor Sudakov
Darren O'Connor wrote: Switch(config)#system mtu jumbo 9198 Should I do that on all switches in the network simultaneously ? What if I set system mtu jumbo 9198 on a random switch in the middle of the network, would it disrupt connectivity (STP or OSPF in the management VLAN

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 24/01/2015 17:50, Victor Sudakov wrote: But after a reboot with a new system mtu jumbo, what adverse effects can I expect if there is a jumbo MTU switch among switches with the default MTU? For a switch, there are no adverse effects. Nick ___

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Doug McIntyre
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 09:15:38PM +0600, Victor Sudakov wrote: Switch(config)#system mtu jumbo 9198 Should I do that on all switches in the network simultaneously ? What if I set system mtu jumbo 9198 on a random switch in the middle of the network, would it disrupt connectivity (STP or

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Darren O'Connor
take a smaller frame. ThanksDarren Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:50:01 +0600 From: v...@mpeks.tomsk.su To: n...@foobar.org CC: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU? Nick Hilliard wrote: What if I set system mtu jumbo 9198 on a random switch

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Jeremy Bresley
On 1/24/2015 10:27 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote: On 24/01/2015 14:46, Alan Buxey wrote: 35min??? :) normally about 37 minutes, yeah. 4-5 minutes for the reboot and 30 for the microcode update. It's never clear from the software release notes if the code needs microcode updates either. You can

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 24/01/2015 15:15, Victor Sudakov wrote: What if I set system mtu jumbo 9198 on a random switch in the middle of the network, would it disrupt connectivity (STP or OSPF in the management VLAN or anything else)? system mtu jumbo is only activated on a switch reboot. You can safely issue the

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 24/01/2015 14:46, Alan Buxey wrote: 35min??? :) normally about 37 minutes, yeah. 4-5 minutes for the reboot and 30 for the microcode update. It's never clear from the software release notes if the code needs microcode updates either. You can get around the problem by preloading with the

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Darren O'Connor
Or just set your routing MTU to 1500 while your ethernet MTU goes up to 9k+ Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:28:24 -0600 From: mer...@geeks.org To: v...@mpeks.tomsk.su CC: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU? On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 09:15:38PM +0600

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nick Hilliard wrote: What if I set system mtu jumbo 9198 on a random switch in the middle of the network, would it disrupt connectivity (STP or OSPF in the management VLAN or anything else)? system mtu jumbo is only activated on a switch reboot. You can safely issue the command on a

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nick Hilliard wrote: On 24/01/2015 11:47, Lukas Tribus wrote: Don't think it will work without reload though ... Yes, it needs a reboot on the C3560/3750X platform. The command is: Switch(config)#system mtu jumbo 9198 Should I do that on all switches in the network simultaneously ?

[c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Victor Sudakov
Colleagues, I have a network of about twenty C3560X switches switching IP-only traffic. Soon we will be enabling MPLS on some routers connected to this network, so the switches will have to handle frames with the MTU larger than the default 1500 bytes. How do I configure the switches to pass

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Lukas Tribus
Colleagues, I have a network of about twenty C3560X switches switching IP-only traffic. Soon we will be enabling MPLS on some routers connected to this network, so the switches will have to handle frames with the MTU larger than the default 1500 bytes. How do I configure the switches to

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Nikolay Shopik
Victor, From last time remember when we do changes on C3560X and any previous models it involves to change system mtu command, and new setting only apply after reboot (ASIC re-init) On 24.01.2015 13:17, Victor Sudakov wrote: Colleagues, I have a network of about twenty C3560X switches

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 24/01/2015 11:47, Lukas Tribus wrote: Don't think it will work without reload though ... Yes, it needs a reboot on the C3560/3750X platform. The command is: Switch(config)#system mtu jumbo 9198 It's a pain that Cisco doesn't enable jumbo MTUs on all switches by default. Occasionally a

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Mark Tinka
On Saturday, January 24, 2015 04:17:34 PM Victor Sudakov wrote: How do I configure the switches to pass frames with MTU=1600, if possible, without disrupting the service? On the 3560 and 3750, it is a global command, and not per interface: conf t system mtu jumbo You will

Re: [c-nsp] How can I increase Ethernet MTU?

2015-01-24 Thread Alan Buxey
35min??? :) alan ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/