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Chapter 4 Configuring the Address Resolution Protocol

Showing ARP Information

Table 4-3 Field Descriptions for the show arp summary Command

Field	Description

Static Entry	The total number of static map entries in the ARP
	resolution table (from a static configuration).

Dynamic Entry	The total number of dynamic map entries in the ARP
	resolution table (entries discovered through the ARP
	protocol).

Total Entry	The total number of static and dynamic entries in the ARP
	resolution table.

To display the global ARP configuration, enter:

#show arp config

Table 4-4describes the fields in the show arp config command output.

Table 4-4 Field Descriptions for the show arp config Command

Field	Description

ARP Response Timeout	The time, in seconds, to wait for an ARP resolution
	response before discarding the packet waiting to be
	forwarded to an address. The time can be from 5 to 30
	seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

ARP Flush Timeout	The time, in seconds, to hold an ARP resolution result
	in the ARP cache. The timeout period can be from 60
	to 86400 seconds (24 hours). The default is 14400
	seconds (4 hours). An entry of none or 86401
	indicates the ARP entries will not timeout.

To display the host IP addresses entered at initialization or boot time through ARP, enter:

#show arp file

To display the ARP entries from the CSS management port, enter:

#show arp management-port

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Cisco Systems OL-8241-02 manual 4describes the fields in the show arp config command output

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