3com 8807 User Guide

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Configuring ARP
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By default, the ARP mapping table is empty and the address mapping is obtained 
through dynamic ARP.
Note that:
As long as a switch operates, its static ARP mapping entries remain valid unless 
you perform operations that make ARP invalid, such as change or remove 
VLAN virtual interfaces, remove a VLAN, or remove an interface from a VLAN. 
These operations cause the corresponding ARP mapping entries to be 
automatically removed.
The vlan-id argument must be the ID of a VLAN that has been created by the 
user, and the Ethernet port specified behind this parameter must belong to the 
VLAN.
The argument vpn-instance-name must be the VPN instance name of an 
existing MPLS VPN.
ARP map entries with port parameters can be configured on manually 
aggregated ports or static aggregated ports, but cannot be configured on 
LACP-enabled dynamic aggregated ports.
If the mac-address of an ARP entry is a multicast MAC address, the system will 
assume this ARP entry to be multicast ARP entry.
Long static ARP can be configured only on manually aggregated ports, but not 
on static aggregated ported or dynamic aggregated ports.
Configuring the 
Dynamic ARP Aging 
Timer
For purpose of flexible configuration, the system provides the following 
commands to assign dynamic ARP aging period. When the system learns a 
dynamic ARP entry, its aging period is based on the current value configured.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
By default, the aging time of dynamic ARP aging timer is 20 minutes.
Adding/Deleting 
Multicast ARP Ports
The multicast ARP feature allows you to associate a common unicast route to a 
Layer 2 multicast group, that is, add multiple outgoing ports for an outgoing ARP 
packet so that the packet can be sent to multiple ports. As a result, a static 
multicast ARP entry is generated. In brief, a multicast ARP entry is a static ARP 
entry with a multicast MAC address, which may correspond to multiple ports.
According to the multi-port keyword in this command, the switch decides that 
the port to be added is for a multicast ARP entry. Only one port can be added 
every time the command is executed. If the multicast ARP entry does not exist, a 
new multicast ARP entry is generated. If the multicast ARP entry exists and the 
same egress exists, the switch will not add a multicast ARP port.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 609   Configure the dynamic ARP aging timer
Operation 
Command 
Configure the dynamic ARP aging timer 
arp timer aging aging-time 
Restore the default dynamic ARP aging time 
undo arp timer aging