H3C Technologies H3C S5120 Series Switches - Manual (Page 224)

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ARP Table
After obtaining the MAC address for the destination host, the device puts the IP-to-MAC mapping into its
own ARP table. This mapping is used for forwarding packets with the same destination in future.
An ARP table contains ARP entries, which fall into one of two categories: dynamic or static.
Dynamic ARP entry
A dynamic entry is automatically created and maintained by ARP. It can get aged, be updated by a new
ARP packet, or be overwritten by a static ARP entry. When the aging timer expires or the interface goes
down, the corresponding dynamic ARP entry will be removed.
Static ARP entry
A static ARP entry is manually configured and maintained. It cannot get aged or be overwritten by a
dynamic ARP entry.
Using static ARP entries enhances communication security. After a static ARP entry is specified, only a
specific MAC address is associated with the specified IP address. Attack packets cannot modify the
IP-to-MAC mapping. Thus, communications between devices are protected.
Static ARP entries can be classified into permanent or non-permanent.
z A permanent static ARP entry can be directly used to forward packets. When configuring a
permanent static ARP entry, you must configure a VLAN and an outbound interface for the entry
besides the IP address and the MAC address.
z A non-permanent static ARP entry has only an IP address and a MAC address configured. it
cannot be directly used for forwarding data. If a non-permanent static ARP entry matches an IP
packet to be forwarded, the device sends an ARP request first. If the sender IP and MAC
addresses in the received ARP reply are the same as those in the non-permanent static ARP entry,
the device adds the interface receiving the ARP reply to the non-permanent static ARP entry. Then
the entry can be used for forwarding IP packets.
Usually ARP dynamically resolves IP addresses to MAC addresses, without manual intervention.
Configuring ARP
Configuring a Static ARP Entry
A static ARP entry is effective when the device works normally. However, when a VLAN or VLAN
interface to which a static ARP entry corresponds is deleted, the entry, if permanent, will be deleted, and
if non-permanent and resolved, will become unresolved.
Follow these steps to configure a static ARP entry:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
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