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Configuring global settings for arp inspection, Configuring global settings for arp, Arp i – LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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Enabling & Disabling ARP Inspection

ARP Inspection is controlled on a global and VLAN basis.

By default, ARP Inspection is disabled both globally and on all VLANs.

If ARP Inspection is globally enabled, then it becomes active only on

the VLANs where it has been enabled.

When ARP Inspection is enabled globally, all ARP request and reply

packets on inspection-enabled VLANs are redirected to the CPU and

their switching behavior handled by the ARP Inspection engine.

If ARP Inspection is disabled globally, then it becomes inactive for

all VLANs, including those where inspection is enabled.

When ARP Inspection is disabled, all ARP request and reply packets

will bypass the ARP Inspection engine and their switching behavior

will match that of all other packets.

Disabling and then re-enabling global ARP Inspection will not affect

the ARP Inspection configuration of any VLANs.

When ARP Inspection is disabled globally, it is still possible to

configure ARP Inspection for individual VLANs. These configuration

changes will only become active after ARP Inspection is enabled

globally again.

The ARP Inspection engine in the current firmware version does not

support ARP Inspection on trunk ports.

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Use the Security > ARP Inspection (Configure General) page to enable ARP

inspection globally for the switch, to validate address information in each

packet, and configure logging.

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ARP Inspection Validation

By default, ARP Inspection Validation is disabled.

Specifying at least one of the following validations enables ARP

Inspection Validation globally. Any combination of the following checks

can be active concurrently.

Destination MAC – Checks the destination MAC address in the

Ethernet header against the target MAC address in the ARP body.

This check is performed for ARP responses. When enabled, packets