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Chapter 8: Configuring IP Information
Configuring Layer 2 IP Addresses
SFE1000P Gigabit Ethernet Switch Administration Guide
Chapter
8
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Prefix Length
— Specifies the number of bits that comprise the source IP address prefix, or the
network source IP address mask.
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User Defined Default Gateway
— Manually defined default gateway IP address.
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Active Default Gateway
— Active default gateway’s IP Address.
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Remove User Defined
— Removes the selected IP address from the interface. The possible
field values are:
–
Checked
— Removes the IP address from the interface.
–
Unchecked
— Maintains the IP address assigned to the Interface.
Enabling ARP
The
Address Resolution Protocol
(ARP) is a TCP/IP protocol that converts IP addresses into physical
addresses. The ARP table is used to maintain a correlation between each MAC address and its
corresponding IP address. The ARP table can be filled in statically by the user. When a static ARP
entry is defined, a permanent entry is put in the table, which the system uses to translate IP
addresses to MAC addresses.
ARP Page
The
ARP Page
contains the following fields.
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ARP Entry Age Out
— Defines the amount of time (seconds) that pass between ARP requests
about an ARP table entry. After this period, the entry is deleted from the table. The range is
1 - 40000000
, where zero indicates that entries are never cleared from the cache. The
default value is
60,000
seconds.
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Clear ARP Table Entries
— Indicates the type of ARP entries that are cleared on all devices.
The possible values are:
–
None
— ARP entries are not cleared.