Solved: default switching method fragment free, store and forward

sarahr202 · ‎05-20-2010

Hi every body

I just want to know what method shitches use by default to forward frames. Is it fragment- free or store and forward or cut-through ?

thanks and have a good day.

Jon Marshall · ‎05-20-2010

sarahr202 wrote:

Hi every body

I just want to know what method shitches use by default to forward frames. Is it fragment- free or store and forward or cut-through ?

thanks and have a good day.

Sarah

All Catalyst switches use store and forward except the Nexus switches which i believe use cut-through for reduced latency.

Jon

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Ganesh Hariharan · ‎05-20-2010

Hi every body

I just want to know what method shitches use by default to forward frames. Is it fragment- free or store and forward or cut-through ?

thanks and have a good day.

Store and forward method is the default which means a switch buffers and, typically, performs a checksum on each frame before forwarding it on to ports.

Hope to Help !!

Ganesh.H

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Jon Marshall · ‎05-20-2010

sarahr202 wrote:

Hi every body

I just want to know what method shitches use by default to forward frames. Is it fragment- free or store and forward or cut-through ?

thanks and have a good day.

Sarah

All Catalyst switches use store and forward except the Nexus switches which i believe use cut-through for reduced latency.

Jon

Ganesh Hariharan · ‎05-20-2010

Hi every body

I just want to know what method shitches use by default to forward frames. Is it fragment- free or store and forward or cut-through ?

thanks and have a good day.

Store and forward method is the default which means a switch buffers and, typically, performs a checksum on each frame before forwarding it on to ports.

Hope to Help !!

Ganesh.H

Remember to rate the helpful post