Using jumbo frames

Enabling jumbo frames on the networks that's used for vMotion or IP storage can increase performance and throughput. When jumbo frames are configured, iSCSI or NFS packets can be transferred over the network in a single frame; there is no fragmentation. This decreases the amount of CPU overhead that's necessary to encapsulate (and de-encapsulate) IP storage packets.

How to do it...

Refer the following steps to design and implement jumbo frames:

1. Determine the use cases for enabling jumbo frames
2. Configure the jumbo frames on virtual switches
3. Configure the jumbo frames on VMkernel ports
4. Ensure that jumbo frames are configured end to end on the physical network, that is, physical switches and array...