arp send-gratuitous-arp

Use arp send-gratuitous-arp to enable periodic sending of gratuitous ARP packets on an interface.

Use undo arp send-gratuitous-arp to disable the interface from periodically sending gratuitous ARP packets.

Syntax

arp send-gratuitous-arp [ interval interval ]

undo arp send-gratuitous-arp

Default

Periodic sending of gratuitous ARP packets is disabled.

Views

Layer 3 Ethernet interface view

Layer 3 Ethernet subinterface view

Layer 3 aggregate interface view

Layer 3 aggregate subinterface view

VXLAN VSI interface view

VLAN interface view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

mdc-admin

Parameters

interval interval: Specifies the sending interval in the range of 200 to 200000 milliseconds. The default value is 2000 milliseconds.

Usage guidelines

This feature takes effect on an interface only when the interface has an IP address and the data link layer state of the interface is up.

This feature can send gratuitous ARP requests only for a VRRP virtual IP address, or the sending interface's primary IP address or manually configured secondary IP address. The primary IP address can be configured manually or automatically, whereas the secondary IP address must be configured manually.

If you change the sending interval for gratuitous ARP packets, the configuration takes effect at the next sending interval.

The sending interval for gratuitous ARP packets might be much longer than the set interval when any of the following conditions exist:

• This feature is enabled on multiple interfaces.

• Each interface is configured with multiple secondary IP addresses.

• A small sending interval is configured in the preceding cases.

Examples

# Enable VLAN-interface 2 to send gratuitous ARP packets every 300 milliseconds.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface vlan-interface 2
[Sysname-Vlan-interface2] arp send-gratuitous-arp interval 300