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  • 1.  change mtu on portgroup

    Posted Jan 12, 2013 08:10 PM

    how do I change the mtu from 1500 to 9000 on a portgroup?

    vim-cmd hostsvc/net/portgroup_set

    I did not see mtu options there



  • 2.  RE: change mtu on portgroup

    Posted Jan 12, 2013 08:23 PM

    Hi,

    Are you looking to enable jumbo frame

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1038827

    Regards

    Mohammed



  • 3.  RE: change mtu on portgroup

    Posted Jan 12, 2013 08:49 PM

    I am trying to enable jumbo on a standard vswitch with a vmotion interface on it. I cannot get it working with esxcli, esxcfg-vmknic or vim-cmd



  • 4.  RE: change mtu on portgroup

    Posted Jan 13, 2013 12:34 PM

    Did you try this command

    esxcfg-vmknic -m 9000 portgroup_name

    esxcli network ip interface set -m 9000 -i vmk_interface



  • 5.  RE: change mtu on portgroup

    Posted Jan 13, 2013 01:03 PM

    Hi,

    Follow the steps from this KB

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007654

    Regards

    Mohammed