default switching method fragment free, store and forward

[sarahr202]

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 · Accepted solution]

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 · Accepted solution]

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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