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NetEngine IAD User Guide
IAD Reports
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ARP Statistics Report 
To display the ARP Statistics report, type 
A
 on the Interface Statistics 
menu. The ARP Statistics report displays details about ARP (Address 
Resolution Protocol) packets sent and received. 
Table 12–8. ARP Statistics Report
Parameter
Description
Received Packet Information
packets received
Total ARP packets received.
discarded for lack of 
resources
Discarded received packets due to lack of 
resources: kernel memory, packet buffers, etc.
discarded due to internal 
errors
Discarded received packets due to internal 
software errors.
discarded for other 
reasons:
Discarded received packets due to other reasons:
- Value of Hardware Field in ARP header is not 
corresponding to Ethernet.
- Value of Protocol Type Field in ARP header is not 
corresponding to IP
- Value of Hardware Length in ARP header is not 
the size of the MAC address (6 bytes)
- Value of Protocol Type Length Field in ARP 
header is not the size of the IP address (4 bytes)
- Value of Operation Code Field in ARP header is 
not ARP Request and ARP Response.
- The ARP IP address is not a local IP address 
located on the IAD
Sent Packet Information
packets sent
Total ARP packets sent.
discarded for lack of 
resources
Discarded transmitted packets due to lack of 
resources: kernel memory or packet buffers.
discarded due to internal 
errors
Discarded transmitted packets due to internal 
software errors.
with illegal type or code
Discarded transmitted packets due to the type of 
the code are incorrect. (Not Being Used)
Reply and Request Messages
valid requests rcvd
No. of valid ARP Request message received.
valid replies rcvd
No. of valid ARP Replies message received.
requests sent
No. of valid ARP Request message sent.
replies sent
No. of valid ARP Replies message sent.
ARP_alloc returned NULL
No. of error of allocating ARP packets or ARP 
entries of the cache table.
cache misses
Numbers of Destination IP address of packet are 
not found in the ARP cache table.
discarded, missing ARP 
entry
No. of ARP packets discarded due to:
-Destination IP address of the packet is not found in 
the ARP cache table.
-Error in allocating ARP packets or ARP entries of 
the cache table.