Configuring Dynamic Arp Inspection - Dell S4048–ON Configuration Manual

Denial of service An attacker can send a fraudulent ARP messages to a client to associate a false MAC address with the
gateway address, which would blackhole all internet-bound packets from the client.
NOTE: Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) uses entries in the L2SysFlow CAM region, a sub-region of SystemFlow. One CAM
entry is required for every DAI-enabled VLAN. You can enable DAI on up to 16 VLANs on a system. However, the
ExaScale default CAM profile allocates only nine entries to the L2SysFlow region for DAI. You can configure 10 to 16 DAI-
enabled VLANs by allocating more CAM space to the L2SysFlow region before enabling DAI.
SystemFlow has 102 entries by default. This region is comprised of two sub-regions: L2Protocol and L2SystemFlow.
L2Protocol has 87 entries; L2SystemFlow has 15 entries. Six L2SystemFlow entries are used by Layer 2 protocols, leaving nine
for DAI. L2Protocol can have a maximum of 100 entries; you must expand this region to capacity before you can increase the
size of L2SystemFlow. This is relevant when you are enabling DAI on VLANs. If, for example, you want to enable DAI on 16
VLANs, you need seven more entries; in this case, reconfigure the SystemFlow region for 122 entries using the layer-2 eg-
acl value fib value frrp value ing-acl value learn value l2pt value qos value system-
flow 122 command.
The logic is as follows:
L2Protocol has 87 entries by default and must be expanded to its maximum capacity, 100 entries, before L2SystemFlow can be
increased; therefore, 13 more L2Protocol entries are required. L2SystemFlow has 15 entries by default, but only nine are for
DAI; to enable DAI on 16 VLANs, seven more entries are required. 87 L2Protocol + 13 additional L2Protocol + 15 L2SystemFlow
+ 7 additional L2SystemFlow equals 122.

Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection

To enable dynamic ARP inspection, use the following commands.
1. Enable DHCP snooping.
2. Validate ARP frames against the DHCP snooping binding table.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
arp inspection
Examples of Viewing the ARP Information
To view entries in the ARP database, use the show arp inspection database command.
Dell#show arp inspection database
Protocol Address
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Internet 10.1.1.251
Internet 10.1.1.252
Internet 10.1.1.253
Internet 10.1.1.254
Dell#
To see how many valid and invalid ARP packets have been processed, use the show arp inspection statistics command.
Dell#show arp inspection statistics
Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) Statistics
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Valid ARP Requests
Valid ARP Replies
Invalid ARP Requests
Invalid ARP Replies
Dell#
Bypassing the ARP Inspection
You can configure a port to skip ARP inspection by defining the interface as trusted, which is useful in multi-switch environments.
ARPs received on trusted ports bypass validation against the binding table. All ports are untrusted by default.
Age(min) Hardware Address
- 00:00:4d:57:f2:50
- 00:00:4d:57:e6:f6
- 00:00:4d:57:f8:e8
- 00:00:4d:69:e8:f2
: 0
: 1000
: 1000
: 0
Interface VLAN CPU
Te 1/2 Vl 10 CP
Te 1/1 Vl 10 CP
Te 1/3 Vl 10 CP
Te 1/5 Vl 10 CP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
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