Configures the maximum allowed IP ARP entries.
| vr_name | Specifies a VR name. |
| max_entries | Specifies the maximum number of IP ARP entries. The range is 1 to x, where x is the number listed for the appropriate platform in table below. |
8192 for the Default VR and all user-created VRs.
4096 for the VR-Mgmt VR.
If you do not specify a VR or VRF, the current VR context is used.
Note
The default value for the Default and user-created VRs changed from 4,096 to 8,192 in ExtremeXOS release12.2.
The maximum IP ARP entries include dynamic, static, and incomplete IP ARP entries. The range for the max_entries parameter is 1 to x, where x is the number listed for the appropriate platform in the following table.
 Maximum IP ARP Entries for each Platform
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The switch hardware supports only the maximum number of entries listed in the table above.. If the hardware limit is reached, the switch displays a message and can no longer store additional ARP entries.
The following example sets the maximum IP ARP entries to 2000 entries:
configure iparp max_entries 2000
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
Support for up to 32,768 ARP entries was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.4.
The support for more than 20,480 ARP entries on BlackDiamond 8800 series switches was added with the distributed IP ARP feature in ExtremeXOS 12.5.
This command is available on all platforms.
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