On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 16:02 -0700, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> On 08/27/2012 03:39 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > On 27 August 2012 14:48, Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Can anyone tell me what this means?
> >>
> >>      just disable jumbo frames on centos host interface
> >>      ifcfg and ethernet switch.
> >
> > Well first of all. What is giving you this error or message? Jumbo
> > frames are not usually turned on CentOS/Scientific Linux without some
> > extra configuration (eg in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> > or the likes.). To see if they are enabled on the system.. ifconfig
> > eth0 and look for the MTU line. If it is 1500 that is standard. If it
> > is 9000 then it has been configured to be such somehow.
> >
> >> Many thanks,
> >> -T
> >
> Oh, I am getting frequent BSODs when I shut down my
> KVM virtual XP.  Someone over on the centos vm list told
> me he cured his by removing jumbo frames.  I did not
> know what he was talking about, so I asked over here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame


Steve