Chapter 2 Catalyst 2350 Cisco IOS Commands
show system mtu
Use the show system mtu privileged EXEC command to display the global maximum transmission unit
(MTU) or maximum packet size set for the switch.
Syntax Description
| begin
| exclude
| include
expression
Command Modes
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Release
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Usage Guidelines
If you have used the system mtu or system mtu jumbo global configuration command to change the
MTU setting, the new setting does not take effect until you reset the switch.
For information about the MTU values and the configurations that affect the MTU values, see the
mtu
Expressions are case sensitive. For example, if you enter | exclude output, the lines that contain output
do not appear, but the lines that contain Output appear.
Examples
This is an example of output from the show system mtu command:
Switch# show system mtu
System MTU size is 1500 bytes
System Jumbo MTU size is 1550 bytes
Routing MTU size is 1500 bytes.
Related Commands
Command
system mtu
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show system mtu [ | {begin | exclude | include} expression]
(Optional) Display begins with the line that matches the expression.
(Optional) Display excludes lines that match the expression.
(Optional) Display includes lines that match the specified expression.
Expression in the output to use as a reference point.
Modification
This command was introduced.
command.
Description
Sets the MTU size for the Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Catalyst 2350 Switch Command Reference
show system mtu
system
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