Enable Jumbo Frames on a vSphere Standard Switch

Enable jumbo frames for all traffic through a vSphere Standard Switch on a host.

Procedure

1. In the vSphere Client, navigate to the host.
2. On the Configure tab, expand Networking and select Virtual Switches.
3. Select a standard switch from the virtual switch table and click Edit settings.
4. In the Properties section, set the MTU property to a value greater than 1500 bytes.
   You can increase the MTU size up to 9000 bytes.
5. Click OK.