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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
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Chapter       C Commands
clear ip arp
clear ip arp
To clear the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table and statistics, use the clear ip arp command.
clear ip arp [vlan vlan-id [force-delete | vrf {vrf-name | all | default | management}]]
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes Any command mode
Command History
Examples This example shows how to clear the ARP table statistics:
switch# clear ip arp 
switch# 
This example shows how to clear the ARP table statistics for VLAN 10 with the VRF vlan-vrf:
switch# clear ip arp vlan 10 vrf vlan-vrf 
switch# 
Related Commands
vlan vlan-id (Optional) Clears the ARP information for a specified VLAN. The range is 
from 1 to 4094, except for the VLANs reserved for internal use.
force-delete (Optional) Clears the entries from ARP table without refresh.
vrf (Optional) Specifies the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) to clear from 
the ARP table.
vrf-name VRF name. The name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters and 
is case sensitive.
all Specifies that all VRF entries be cleared from the ARP table.
default Specifies that the default VRF entry be cleared from the ARP table.
management Specifies that the management VRF entry be cleared from the ARP table.
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show ip arp Displays the ARP configuration status.