MTU on Rockets and other M series products

[jonesy]

What is the largest packet these devices will pass on their ethernet ports? Will they fit a 1500byte IP packet PLUS a 4-byte VLAN tag? Or are they limited to 1500bytes like the bullets and nanos?

[osnet]

Hi,

XM.v5.0# ping 10.16.36.3 -s 1600
PING 10.16.36.3 (10.16.36.3): 1600 data bytes
1608 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.768 ms
1608 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.100 ms
1608 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=2 ttl=64 time=4.846 ms

--- 10.16.36.3 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 2.100/3.571/4.846 ms
XM.v5.0#


I am passing vlan without any issues...

[jonesy]

Would you mind trying this test with the df-bit set?
Thanks!

[osnet]

XM.v5.0# ping 10.16.36.3
PING 10.16.36.3 (10.16.36.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.522 ms
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.589 ms
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=2 ttl=64 time=3.674 ms
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.542 ms
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.672 ms
64 bytes from 10.16.36.3: seq=5 ttl=64 time=2.457 ms

--- 10.16.36.3 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.672/2.742/3.674 ms
XM.v5.0#