Dell X1000 Series

164 Network Administration: Port Settings
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Jumbo Frames
Jumbo frames are frames of up to 10 Kb in size. If jumbo frames are not
enabled, the system supports a packet size of up to 2K bytes.
To enable jumbo frames:
1
Click Network Administration > Ports Settings > Jumbo Frames .
The current jumbo frames setting is displayed.
2 To enable/disable jumbo frames, click Edit .
NOTE: You must save the configuration and reboot the device in order to make
jumbo frames operational.
Protected Ports
Protected ports provide Layer 2 isolation between interfaces (Ethernet ports
and LAGs) that share the same Broadcast domain (VLAN) with other
interfaces. This can be used to set up a group of ports that receive similar
services.
Protected ports provides Layer 2 isolation within the device, while Private
VLAN can be used to create Layer 2 isolation that is carried on VLANs, thus it
can be used over multiple devices.
A protected port does not forward traffic (Unicast, Multicast, or Broadcast) to
any other protected port on the same switch.
A community is a group of protected ports. Protected ports within the same
community can forward traffic to each other.
The following types of ports can be defined:
• Protected Port — Can send traffic only to uplink ports.
•
Community Port — A protected port that is associated with a community.
It can send traffic to other protected ports in the same community and to
uplink ports.
•
Uplink Port — An uplink port is an unprotected port that can send traffic
to any port.
•
Isolated Port — A protected port that does not belong to a community .
Isolated ports can send traffic only to uplink ports.