Jumbo Frame Behavior on the Fixed Platforms

The 7705 SAR-A, 7705 SAR-Ax, 7705 SAR-H, 7705 SAR-Hc, 7705 SAR-M, 7705 SAR-Wx, and 7705 SAR-X are able to fragment packets between Ethernet ports (which support jumbo frames) and TDM ports (which do not support jumbo frames). In this case, when a packet arrives from a port that supports jumbo frames and is routed to a port that does not support jumbo frames (that is, a TDM port) the packet will get fragmented to the port MTU of the TDM port.

For example, if a packet arrives on a 7705 SAR-A and is to be forwarded to a TDM port that has a maximum port MTU of 2090 bytes and a channel group configured for PPP with the port MTU of 1000 bytes (PPP port MTU), the following may occur.