Reboot The Switch; Changing The Arp Timeout; Checking Arp In The Current Switch Configuration - Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

2. Enter the ip arp <A.B.C.D> <H.H.H> <unit/port> [vid <1-4094>] command to
create a static ARP cache entry.
3. Repeat step 2 to create other static ARP entries as required.

Reboot the switch

You can reboot the switch to restore the static ARP entries.
Procedure
1. Enter Privileged EXEC mode:
enable
2. Enter the boot command to perform a soft reboot of the switch.
For information about using the boot command, see Getting Started with Avaya Virtual
Services Platform 7000 Series, NN47202–303.

Changing the ARP timeout

You can modify the maximum time period that the switch maintains entries in the ARP cache.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
2. Enter either the ip arp timeout <5-360> or arp timeout <5-360> command to
modify the ARP timeout value.

Checking ARP in the current switch configuration

Check static ARP or ARP timeout settings in the current configuration running on the switch.
Procedure
1. Enter Privileged EXEC mode:
enable
2. Enter the show running-config command.
3. Observe details in the L3 section of the command screen output.
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