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Chapter 8 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Small-Frame Arrival Rate
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to change the MTU size for switched and routed
packets:
If you enter a value that is outside the allowed range for the specific type of interface, the value is not
accepted.
This example shows how to set the maximum packet size for a Gigabit Ethernet port to 7500 bytes:
Switch(config)#
system mtu jumbo 7500
Switch(config)#
exit
Switch#
reload
This example shows the response when you try to set Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to an out-of-range
number:
Switch(config)#
system mtu jumbo 25000
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
Configuring Small-Frame Arrival Rate
Incoming VLAN-tagged packets smaller than 67 bytes are considered
small frames
. They are forwarded
by the switch, but they do not cause the switch counters to increment. You can configure a port to be
error disabled if small frames arrive at a specified rate (threshold).
You globally enable the small-frame arrival feature on the switch and then configure the small-frame
threshold for packets on each interface. Packets smaller than the minimum size and arriving at a
specified rate (the threshold) are dropped since the port is error disabled.
If the
errdisable recovery cause small-frame
global configuration command is entered, the port is
re-enabled after a specified time. (You specify the recovery time by using
errdisable recovery
global
configuration command.)
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the threshold level for each
interface:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
system mtu
jumbo
bytes
(Optional) Change the MTU size for all Gigabit
Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the
switch. The range is 1500 to 9198 bytes.
Step 3
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
copy running-config startup-config
Save your entries in the configuration file.
Step 5
reload
Reload the operating system.
Step 6
show system mtu
Verify your settings.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
errdisable detect cause small-frame
Enable the small-frame rate-arrival feature on the switch.