VXLAN commands
Basic VXLAN commands
arp suppression enable
Use arp suppression enable to enable ARP flood suppression.
Use undo arp suppression enable to restore the default.
Syntax
arp suppression enable
undo arp suppression enable
Default
ARP flood suppression is disabled.
Views
VSI view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Usage guidelines
ARP flood suppression reduces ARP request broadcasts by enabling the VTEP to reply to ARP requests on
behalf of VMs.
This feature snoops ARP packets to populate the ARP flood suppression table for local and remote MAC
addresses. If an ARP request has a matching entry, the VTEP replies to the request on behalf of the VM.
If no match is found, the VTEP floods the request to both local and remote sites.
Examples
# Enable ARP flood suppression for the VSI vsi1.
system-view
[Sysname] vsi vsi1
[Sysname-vsi-vsi1] arp suppression enable
Related commands
display arp suppression vsi
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reset arp suppression vsi
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description
Use description to configure a description for a VSI.
Use undo description to delete the description of a VSI.
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