show arp

Use this command to display the switch‘s ARP table.

Syntax

show arp [ip-address] [interface interface]

Parameters

ip-address (Optional) Displays ARP entries associated with the specified IP address.
interface interface (Optional) Display ARP entries associated with the specified interface.

Defaults

If the IP address or interface are not specified, all entries in the ARP cache are displayed.

Mode

All command modes.

Example

This example shows how to display the ARP table:

SSA4(su-config)->show arp
FLAGS:    U = Unresolved     S = Static
          L = Local          V = VRRP
          * = Stale          B = Best Guess Interface
          H = Host Interest  2 = Secondary VLAN Entry
          M = Main Router    A = Proxy-All Entry
          X = VxLan          R = VxLan Remote

IP Address      Hardware Address  Flg Age        Updated Interface  Port
--------------- ----------------- --- ---------- ------- ---------- --------
15.0.0.1        00-1f-45-f4-d5-40   L   4d01h52m       - vlan.0.15  host.0.1
15.0.0.2        00-11-88-fe-63-f4             0m      0m vlan.0.15  ge.1.43
16.0.0.1        00-1f-45-f4-d5-40   L   1d01h50m       - vlan.0.16  host.0.1
16.0.0.2        00-1f-45-62-9a-68 HXR         0m      0m vlan.0.16  tbp.0.1
6.1.1.1         00-1f-45-f4-d5-40   L   4d17h37m       - vlan.0.20  host.0.1
6.1.1.2         00-1f-45-62-9a-68             0m      0m vlan.0.20  ge.1.17
5.0.0.1         00-1f-45-f4-d5-40   L   1d01h51m       - vlan.0.50  host.0.1
5.0.0.2         00-11-88-fe-63-f4 HXR         0m      0m vlan.0.50  tbp.0.2
--------------- ----------------- --- ---------- ------- --------------------
ARP Entries Found: 8

show arp Output Details provides an explanation of the command output.

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show arp Output Details

Output... What it displays...
IP Address IP address mapped to MAC address.
Hardware Address MAC address mapped to IP address.
Flags Route status. Possible values and their definitions include:

U – The router is currently attempting to resolve an ARP entry. An ARP resolution packet has been sent but a response has not been received. If a response is not received within three (3) seconds the Unresolved entry will be removed from the ARP table.

L – The IP address and hardware address of this entry is the IP address and hardware address assigned to a directly connected interface.

V – This is an ARP entry for an interface which is running VRRP.

* – The ARP entry is stale (timed out). The entry will remain in the database and will be used by the router for “stale-entry-timeout” seconds. See stale-entry-timeout for more information.

S – A permanent (static) entry manually configured.

B – Interface was not specified when the static ARP was defined, router will make a best guess.

H – Host Interest: The ARP entry has been used for direct communication with the router as opposed to communication between hosts that pass through the router.

2 – Secondary VLAN Entry: The ARP entry belongs to a host on a Secondary VLAN.

Age Specifies the amount of time the ARP entry has been in the table.
Updated Specifies the amount of time that has elapsed since this entry was updated.
Interface The VLAN interface for this entry.
Port The port name for this entry.