VMware system will not send UDP packets smaller than 12 bytes

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Small UDP packets are not being sent between VMware systems

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
  • VMware ESXi 5.0 update 2
  • vmxnet3 NIC driver
  • UDP traffic with packets smaller than 12 bytes

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