ARP information

Command: /info/arp

[Address Resolution Protocol Menu]

find

- Show a single ARP entry by IP address

port

- Show ARP entries on a single port

vlan

- Show ARP entries on a single VLAN

dump

-

Show

all

ARP entries

addr

-

Show

ARP

address list

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) information includes IP address and MAC address of each entry, address status flags, VLAN, and port for the address, and port referencing information.

The following table describes the Address Resolution Protocol Menu options.

Table 30 ARP information

Command

Usage

 

 

find <IP address>

Displays a single ARP entry by IP address. For example, 192.4.17.101

 

 

port <port number>

Displays the ARP entries on a single port.

 

 

vlan <1-4095>

Displays the ARP entries on a single VLAN.

 

 

dump

Displays all ARP entries, including:

 

IP address and MAC address of each entry

 

Address status flag

 

The VLAN and port to which the address belongs

 

The ports which have referenced the address (empty if no port has routed traffic to

 

the IP address shown)

 

 

addr

Displays the ARP address list: IP address, IP mask, MAC address, and VLAN flags.

 

 

Show all ARP entry information

Command: /info/arp/dump

IP address

Flags

MAC address

VLAN

Port

--------------- -----

-----------------

----

----

192.168.2.4

 

00:50:8b:b2:32:cb

1

18

192.168.2.19

 

00:0e:7f:25:89:b5

1

17

192.168.2.61

P

00:0f:6a:ed:46:00

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Flag field provides additional information about an entry. If no flag displays, the entry is normal.

Table 31 ARP dump flag parameters

Flag

Description

 

 

P

Permanent entry created for switch IP interface.

 

 

R

Indirect route entry.

 

 

U

Unresolved ARP entry. The MAC address has not been learned.

 

 

ARP address list information

 

 

 

Command: /info/arp/addr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP address

IP mask

MAC address

VLAN Flags

 

--------------- ---------------

----------------- ---- -----

 

205.178.18.66

255.255.255.255

00:70:cf:03:20:04

P

 

205.178.50.1

255.255.255.255

00:70:cf:03:20:06

1

 

205.178.18.64

255.255.255.255

00:70:cf:03:20:05

1

 

 

 

 

 

This screen displays all entries in the ARP cache.

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HP GbE2c manual ARP information, Show all ARP entry information, Arp, Vlan

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