Users Guide

Related
Commands
• clear arp-cache — clear dynamic ARP entries from the ARP table.
• show arp — display the ARP table.
arp backoff-time
Set the exponential timer for resending unresolved ARPs.
Syntax
arp backoff-time seconds
Parameters
seconds Enter the number of seconds an ARP entry is black-holed. The
range is from 1 to 3600. The default is 30.
Defaults 30
Command Mode CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see
the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.8.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage Information This timer is an exponential backoff timer. Over the specified period, the time between
ARP requests increases. This behavior reduces the potential for the system to slow
down while waiting for a multitude of ARP responses.
Related
Commands
• show arp retries — display the configured number of ARP retries.
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