Routing Commands
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ProSAFE M7100 Managed Switches
show arp
This command displays the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache. The displayed results are
not the total ARP entries. To view the total ARP entries, compare the output of the show arp
command with the output of the show arp switch command.
The following are displayed for each ARP entry:
show arp brief
This command displays the brief Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table information.
Format show arp
Mode Privileged EXEC
Term Definition
Age Time (seconds) The time it takes for an ARP entry to age out. This is configurable. Age time is measured in
seconds.
R
esponse Time
(seconds)
The time it t
akes for an ARP request timeout. This value is configurable. Response time is
measured in seconds.
Retries The maximum number of times an ARP request is retried. This value is configurable.
Cache Size The maximum number of entries in the ARP table. This value is configurable.
Dynamic Renew
Mode
Displays whether the ARP component automatically attempts to renew dynamic ARP
entries when the
y age out
.
Total Entry Count
Cur
rent / Peak
The total entries in the ARP table and the peak entry count in the ARP table.
Static Entry Count
Configur
ed/Active /
Max
The static entry count in the ARP table, the active entry count in the ARP table, the active
entry count in the ARP table, and maximum static entry count in the ARP table.
Term Definition
IP Address The IP address of a device on a subnet attached to an existing routing interface.
MAC Address The hardware MAC address of that device.
Interface The routing slot/port associated with the device ARP entry.
Type The type that is configurable. The possible values are Local, Gateway, Dynamic and Static.
Age The current age of the ARP entry since last refresh (in hh:mm:ss format)
Format show arp brief
Mode Privileged EXEC