Chapter 12 Avaya P330 Layer 3 Features

The ARP Table

The ARP table is used to store recently used pairs of IP/MAC addresses. This saves time and communication costs, since the host looks in the ARP cache first when transmitting a packet. If the information is not there, then the host sends an ARP Request (see Figure 12.2).

ARP CLI Commands

In order to...

Use the following command...

 

 

 

 

Add a permanent entry to the

arp

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

 

cache

 

 

 

Configure the amount of time that

arp timeout

an entry remains in the ARP cache

 

 

 

Set the amount of time that an entry

no arp timeout

remains in the ARP cache back to

 

default

 

 

 

Set the maximum number of ARP

ip max-arp-entries

cache entries allowed in the ARP

 

cache

 

 

 

Set the maximum number of ARP

no ip max-arp-entries

cache back to default

 

 

 

Enable proxy ARP on an interface

ip proxy-arp

 

 

Disable proxy ARP on an interface

no ip proxy-arp

 

 

Delete all dynamic entries from the

clear arp-cache

ARP cache and the IP route cache

 

 

 

Display the Address Resolution

show ip arp

Protocol (ARP) cache

 

 

 

Display the IP address of a host,

show ip reverse-arp

based on a known MAC address

 

 

 

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Avaya P334T-ML manual ARP Table, ARP CLI Commands