Displaying arp entries, Ip route table – Brocade Communications Systems Layer 3 Routing Configuration ICX 6650 User Manual

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IP configuration overview

Static ARP table

In addition to the ARP cache, Layer 3 Switches have a static ARP table. Entries in the static ARP
table are user-configured. You can add entries to the static ARP table regardless of whether or not
the device the entry is for is connected to the Layer 3 Switch.

NOTE

Layer 3 Switches have a static ARP table. Layer 2 Switches do not.

The software places an entry from the static ARP table into the ARP cache when the entry interface
comes up.

Here is an example of a static ARP entry.

No. IP Address MAC Address Type Age Port Status

1 192.168.6.111 0000.003b.d210 Static 0 1/1/1 Valid

Each entry lists the information you specified when you created the entry.

Displaying ARP entries

To display ARP entries, refer to the following sections:

“Displaying the ARP cache”

on page 118 – Layer 3 Switch

“Displaying the static ARP table”

on page 120 – Layer 3 Switch only

“Displaying ARP entries”

on page 129 – Layer 2 Switch

To configure other ARP parameters, refer to the following sections:

“ARP parameter configuration”

on page 35 – Layer 3 Switch only

To increase the size of the ARP cache and static ARP table, refer to the following:

For dynamic entries, refer to the section “Displaying and modifying system parameter default
settings” section in the Brocade ICX 6650 Platform and Layer 2 Switching Configuration
Guide
. The ip-arp parameter controls the ARP cache size.

Static entries,

“Changing the maximum number of entries the static ARP table can hold”

on

page 40 (Layer 3 Switches only). The ip-static-arp parameter controls the static ARP table size.

IP route table

The IP route table contains paths to IP destinations.

NOTE

Layer 2 Switches do not have an IP route table. A Layer 2 Switch sends all packets addressed to
another subnet to the default gateway, which you specify when you configure the basic IP
information on the Layer 2 Switch.

The IP route table can receive the paths from the following sources:

A directly-connected destination, which means there are no router hops to the destination

A static IP route, which is a user-configured route

A route learned through RIP

A route learned through OSPF

A route learned through BGP4

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