After network MTU change, some VMs and bridges have the old MTU and seeing packet drops

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Some of the hosts are showing the MTU as 1500 causing problems for VMs using MTU of 9000 as they cannot use jumbo frames.
  • After changing the MTU of the network, some VMs and Hosts still have the old MTU
  • MTU settings on a network is inconsistent.

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.x

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