Dell PowerSwitch S4820T Configuration Guide for the S4820T System 9.100.0 - Page 929

Proxy ARP Capability on VLT Peer Nodes, Working of Proxy ARP for VLT Peer Nodes

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7 To obtain maximum VLT resiliency, configure the PVLAN IDs and mappings to be identical on both the VLT peer nodes. Set the PVLAN mode of the selected VLAN to primary. INTERFACE VLAN mode private-vlan mode primary 8 Map secondary VLANs to the selected primary VLAN. INTERFACE VLAN mode private-vlan mapping secondary-vlan vlan-list The list of secondary VLANs can be: • Specified in comma-delimited (VLAN-ID,VLAN-ID) or hyphenated-range format (VLAN-ID-VLAN-ID). • Specified with this command even before they have been created. • Amended by specifying the new secondary VLAN to be added to the list. Proxy ARP Capability on VLT Peer Nodes The proxy ARP functionality is supported on VLT peer nodes. A proxy ARP-enabled device answers the ARP requests that are destined for another host or router. The local host forwards the traffic to the proxy ARP-enabled device, which in turn transmits the packets to the destination. By default, proxy ARP is enabled. To disable proxy ARP, use the no proxy-arp command in Interface mode. To re-enable proxy ARP, use the ip proxy-arp command in Interface mode. To view if proxy ARP is enabled on the interface, use the show config command in INTERFACE mode. If it is not listed in the show config command output, it is enabled. Only nondefault information displays in the show config command output. An ARP proxy operation is performed on the VLT peer node IP address when the peer VLT node is down. The ARP proxy stops working either when the peer routing timer expires or when the peer VLT node goes up. Layer 3 VLT provides a higher resiliency at the Layer 3 forwarding level. VLT peer routing allows you to replace VRRP with routed VLT to route the traffic from Layer 2 access nodes. With proxy ARP, hosts can resolve the MAC address of the VLT node even when VLT node is down. If the ICL link is down when a VLT node receives an ARP request for the IP address of the VLT peer, owing to LAG-level hashing algorithm in the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, the incorrect VLT node responds to the ARP request with the peer MAC address. Proxy ARP is not performed when the ICL link is up and the ARP request the wrong VLT peer. In this case, ARP requests are tunneled to the VLT peer. Proxy ARP supported on both VLT interfaces and non-VLT interfaces. Proxy ARP is supported on symmetric VLANs only. Proxy ARP is enabled by default. To support proxy ARP, the routing table must be symmetrically configured. For example, consider a sample topology in which you configure VLAN 100 on two VLT nodes, node 1 and node 2. You did not configure the ICL link between the two VLT nodes. Assume that the VLAN 100 IP address in node 1 is 10.1.1.1/24 and VLAN 100 IP address in node 2 is 20.1.1.2/24. In this case, if the ARP request for 20.1.1.1 reaches node 1, node 1 does not perform the ARP request for 20.1.1.2. Proxy ARP is supported only for the IP address that belongs to the received interface IP network. Proxy ARP is not supported if the ARP-requested IP address is different from the received interface IP subnet. For example, if you configure VLAN 100 and 200 on the VLT peers, and if you configured the VLAN 100 IP address as 10.1.1.0/24 and you configured the VLAN 200 IP address as 20.1.1.0/24, the proxy ARP is not performed if the VLT node receives an ARP request for 20.1.1.0/24 on VLAN 100. Working of Proxy ARP for VLT Peer Nodes Proxy ARP is enabled only when you enable peer routing on both the VLT peers. If you disable peer routing on one of the VLT peers, proxy ARP is not performed when the ICL link goes down. Proxy ARP is performed only when the VLT peer's MAC address is installed in the database. Proxy ARP is stopped when the VLT peer's MAC address is removed from the ARP database because of peer routing timer expiry. The source hardware address in the ARP response contains the VLT peer MAC address. Proxy ARP is supported for both unicast and broadcast ARP requests. Control packets, other than ARP requests destined for the VLT peers that reach the undesired and incorrect VLT node, are dropped if the ICL link is down. Further processing is not done on these control packets. The VLT node does not perform any action if it receives gratuitous ARP requests for the VLT peer IP address. Proxy ARP is also supported on secondary VLANs. When the ICL Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) 929

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To obtain maximum VLT resiliency,
configure
the PVLAN IDs and mappings to be identical on both the VLT peer nodes. Set the PVLAN
mode of the selected VLAN to primary.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
private-vlan mode primary
8
Map secondary VLANs to the selected primary VLAN.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
private-vlan mapping secondary-vlan
vlan-list
The list of secondary VLANs can be:
Specified
in comma-delimited (
VLAN-ID,VLAN-ID
) or hyphenated-range format (
VLAN-ID-VLAN-ID
).
Specified
with this command even before they have been created.
Amended by specifying the new secondary VLAN to be added to the list.
Proxy ARP Capability on VLT Peer Nodes
The proxy ARP functionality is supported on VLT peer nodes.
A proxy ARP-enabled device answers the ARP requests that are destined for another host or router. The local host forwards the
traffic
to
the proxy ARP-enabled device, which in turn transmits the packets to the destination.
By default, proxy ARP is enabled. To disable proxy ARP, use the
no proxy-arp
command in Interface mode. To re-enable proxy ARP, use
the
ip proxy-arp
command in Interface mode. To view if proxy ARP is enabled on the interface, use the
show config
command in
INTERFACE mode. If it is not listed in the
show config
command output, it is enabled. Only nondefault information displays in the
show
config
command output.
An ARP proxy operation is performed on the VLT peer node IP address when the peer VLT node is down. The ARP proxy stops working
either when the peer routing timer expires or when the peer VLT node goes up. Layer 3 VLT provides a higher resiliency at the Layer 3
forwarding level. VLT peer routing allows you to replace VRRP with routed VLT to route the
traffic
from Layer 2 access nodes. With proxy
ARP, hosts can resolve the MAC address of the VLT node even when VLT node is down.
If the ICL link is down when a VLT node receives an ARP request for the IP address of the VLT peer, owing to LAG-level hashing algorithm
in the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, the incorrect VLT node responds to the ARP request with the peer MAC address. Proxy ARP is not
performed when the ICL link is up and the ARP request the wrong VLT peer. In this case, ARP requests are tunneled to the VLT peer.
Proxy ARP supported on both VLT interfaces and non-VLT interfaces. Proxy ARP is supported on symmetric VLANs only. Proxy ARP is
enabled by default. To support proxy ARP, the routing table must be symmetrically
configured.
For example, consider a sample topology in
which you
configure
VLAN 100 on two VLT nodes, node 1 and node 2. You did not
configure
the ICL link between the two VLT nodes.
Assume that the VLAN 100 IP address in node 1 is 10.1.1.1/24 and VLAN 100 IP address in node 2 is 20.1.1.2/24. In this case, if the ARP
request for 20.1.1.1 reaches node 1, node 1 does not perform the ARP request for 20.1.1.2. Proxy ARP is supported only for the IP address
that belongs to the received interface IP network. Proxy ARP is not supported if the ARP-requested IP address is
different
from the
received interface IP subnet. For example, if you
configure
VLAN 100 and 200 on the VLT peers, and if you
configured
the VLAN 100 IP
address as 10.1.1.0/24 and you
configured
the VLAN 200 IP address as 20.1.1.0/24, the proxy ARP is not performed if the VLT node receives
an ARP request for 20.1.1.0/24 on VLAN 100.
Working of Proxy ARP for VLT Peer Nodes
Proxy ARP is enabled only when you enable peer routing on both the VLT peers. If you disable peer routing on one of the VLT peers, proxy
ARP is not performed when the ICL link goes down. Proxy ARP is performed only when the VLT peer's MAC address is installed in the
database. Proxy ARP is stopped when the VLT peer's MAC address is removed from the ARP database because of peer routing timer
expiry. The source hardware address in the ARP response contains the VLT peer MAC address. Proxy ARP is supported for both unicast
and broadcast ARP requests. Control packets, other than ARP requests destined for the VLT peers that reach the undesired and incorrect
VLT node, are dropped if the ICL link is down. Further processing is not done on these control packets. The VLT node does not perform any
action if it receives gratuitous ARP requests for the VLT peer IP address. Proxy ARP is also supported on secondary VLANs. When the ICL
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)
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