ARP Overview


ARP description

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), defined in RFC 826, is the mechanism the system uses to map IP addresses to Layer 2 addresses (the physical network). The system establishes the entries by broadcasting unknown IP addressees to local hosts. Any host that recognizes the IP address responds with the corresponding Layer 2 MAC address. These mappings are stored in the ARP table. The system supports 3000 ARP entries per vRouter.