H3C S3600 Series

Operation Manual – ARP
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 ARP Configuration
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Figure 1-3 ARP work flow
Normally, a device automatically triggers the ARP calculation in the IP addressing
process.
1.1.5 Introduction to Gratuitous ARP
The following are the characteristics of gratuitous ARP packets:
z Both source and destination IP addresses carried in a gratuitous ARP packet are
the local addresses, and the source MAC address carried in it is the local MAC
addresses.