Re: Trouble Setting MTU to 9000 on ESX host and guests

Hi Suresh,

from the ssh terminal on the ESXi host = 10.1.1.40:

~ # vmkping -d -s 8500 10.1.1.5

PING 10.1.1.5(10.1.1.5): 8500 data bytes

sendto() failed (Message too long)

sendto() failed (Message too long)

sendto() failed (Message too long)

--- 10.1.1.5ping statistics ---

3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

~ # vmkping -d -s 9000 10.1.1.5

PING 10.1.1.5(10.1.1.5): 9000 data bytes

sendto() failed (Message too long)

sendto() failed (Message too long)

sendto() failed (Message too long)

--- 10.1.1.5ping statistics ---

3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss