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DES-3500 Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch CLI Reference Manual
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GRATUITOUS ARP COMMANDS
The Gratuitous ARP commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed (along with the appropriate parameters) in the
following table.
Command Parameters
config gratuitous_arp send
ipif_status_up
[enable | disable]
config gratuitous_arp send
dup_ip_detected
[enable|disable]
config gratuitous_arp learning [enable|disable]
enable gratuitous_arp {ipif <ipif_name 12>} {trap |log }
disable gratuitous_arp {ipif <ipif_name 12>} {trap |log}
config gratuitous_arp send
periodically ipif
<ipif_name 12> interval <value 0-65535>
show gratuitous_arp {ipif <ipif_name 12>}
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
config gratuitous_arp send ipif_status_up
Purpose Used to enable/disable send gratuitous ARP request while the IP
interface status is up.
Syntax
config gratuitous_arp send ipif_status_up [enable | disable]
Description The command is used to enable/disable sending of gratuitous ARP
request packet while IPIF interface is up. This is used to automatically
announce the interface’s IP address to other nodes. By default, the state
is enabled, and only one gratuitous ARP packet will be broadcast.
Parameters
enable - Enable sending of gratuitous ARP when IPIF status is up.
disable - Disable sending of gratuitous ARP when IPIF status is up.
Restrictions Only Administrator or Operator – level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To enable a gratuitous ARP request:
DES-3526:admin#config gratuitous_arp send ipif_status_up enable
Command: config gratuitous_arp send ipif_status_up enable
Success.
DES-3526:admin#
config gratuitous_arp send duplicate_ip_detected
Purpose Used to enable/disable the sending of gratuitous ARP requests while
duplicate IP addresses are detected
Syntax
config gratuitous_arp send duplicate_ip_detected [enable|disable]
Description The command is used to enable/disable sending of gratuitous ARP
request packets while duplicate IPs are detected. By default, the state is
enabled. For this command, the duplicate IP detected means that the