Port Traffic Controls
Jumbo Frames
Troubleshooting
A VLAN is configured to allow jumbo frames, but one or more ports
drops all inbound jumbo frames. The port may not be operating at a min-
imum of 10 Mbps on the ProCurve 3500 switches or 1 Gbps on the other
switches covered in this guide. Regardless of a port’s configuration, if it is
actually operating at a speed lower than 10 Mbps for ProCurve 3500 switches
or 1 Gbps for the other switches, it drops inbound jumbo frames. For example,
if a port is configured for Auto mode (speed-duplex auto), but has negotiated a
7 Mbps speed with the device at the other end of the link, then the port cannot
receive inbound jumbo frames. To determine the actual operating speed of
one or more ports, view the Mode field in the output for the following
command:
show interfaces brief < port-list >
A non-jumbo port is generating “Excessive undersize/giant frames”
messages in the Event Log. The switches can transmit outbound jumbo
traffic on any port, regardless of whether the port belongs to a jumbo VLAN.
In this case, another port in the same VLAN on the switch may be jumbo-
enabled through membership in a different, jumbo-enabled VLAN, and may
be forwarding jumbo frames received on the jumbo VLAN to non-jumbo ports.
Refer to “Outbound Jumbo Traffic” on page 13-38.
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