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From: "Jennewein, Douglas M" <>
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Subject: [perfsonar-user] 9000 vs 8972 MTU configuration for PerfSONAR nodes?
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:11:42 +0000
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Hi, folks

This article got us thinking about the MTU configuration on our PerfSONAR nodes.

At the OS level, should our nodes use 8972 instead of 9000?

Can this cause “giant” errors on the switch ports the PerfSonar nodes are connected to?

--
Doug Jennewein

Director of Research Computing

The University of South Dakota

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