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ATM Switch Network Configuration Manual
Configuring Classical IP
2.3 ARP and ARP Servers
2.3.1
Theory
In order for a host to establish a connection to another host, it must first determine the other
host’s ATM address. ATM ARP (ATM address resolution protocol) is the procedure used to
resolve an IP address into an ATM address. Since the ATM standards do not currently support
broadcast on an ATM LAN, address resolution is performed by direct communication with a
special ARP server, rather than broadcasting ARP requests as is done in legacy LANs. Each
LIS must have only one ARP server configured, but a single ARP server can be the server for
several LISs.
Each host in an LIS must be configured with the ATM address of the host providing ARP ser-
vice for its LIS. On a switch, the ATM address of the ARP server can be obtained by using the
AMI command
conf
atmarp
arpserver
show
. On a host, the ATM address of the ARP
server can be obtained by using
clipconfig
show
(remember to use the interface associated
with the given LIS).
On a switch, the ATM address of the ARP server can be configured by using the instructions
found in Section 2.3.2 of this manual. On a host, the ARP server address is configured into the
host at installation time using the configure_atm script.
Since only one ARP server can be functioning at a time in a given LIS, and since the ARP
server’s address is configured into each host, it is not possible to use multiple, redundant ARP
servers to improve robustness. If an ARP server becomes nonfunctional, a new ARP server
must be configured, and then each host within the LIS must be configured to use the new ARP
server. To configure a new ARP server address on a switch, use the the instructions found in
Section 2.3.2 of this manual. To configure a new ARP server address on a host, you must delete
the interface and recreate it.
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