Managing the ARP table of an L3 VPN service

To display the ARP table of the L3 VPN service, go to the Infrastructure section, click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller, go to the L3 VPN services section, and click Management → ARP table next to the L3 VPN service. Information about records is displayed in the following columns of the table:

• IP is the IP address of the service interface.
• MAC is the MAC address of the service interface.
• Service interface is the information about the service interface:
  • Name and DPID of the CPE device on which the service interface was created
  • Number of the OpenFlow port which the service interface is mapped to
• Timeout maximum life (sec.) is the time in seconds that has elapsed since the record was created.

The actions you can perform with the table are described in the Managing solution component tables instructions.

Creating a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service

To create a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service:

1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

   This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of controllers.

2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller.

   This opens the controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of controller nodes.

3. Go to the L3 VPN services section.

   A table of L3 VPN services is displayed.

4. Click Management → ARP table next to the L3 VPN service in whose ARP table you want to create a static record.

   The page with the ARP table of the L3 VPN service is displayed.

5. In the upper part of the page, click + Static ARP record.
6. This opens a window; in that window, in the Switch and Service interface drop-down lists, select the CPE device and the created service interface for which you want to specify an IP address and a MAC address.
7. In the IP address field, enter the IP address of the service interface.
8. In the MAC field, enter the MAC address of the service interface.
9. Click Create.

The static record is created and displayed in the ARP table of the L3 VPN service.

Editing a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service

To edit a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service:

1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

   This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of controllers.

2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller.

   This opens the controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of controller nodes.

3. Go to the L3 VPN services section.

   A table of L3 VPN services is displayed.

4. Click Management → ARP table next to the L3 VPN service in whose ARP table you want to edit a static record.

   The page with the ARP table of the L3 VPN service is displayed.

5. Click Management → Edit next to the static record that you want to edit.
6. This opens a window; in that window, if necessary, edit the IP address and/or MAC address of the service interface.
7. Click Save.

The static record is modified and updated in the table.

Deleting a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service

Deleted static records in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service cannot be restored.

To delete a static record in the ARP table of an L3 VPN service:

1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

   This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of controllers.

2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller.

   This opens the controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of controller nodes.

3. Go to the L3 VPN services section.

   A table of L3 VPN services is displayed.

4. Click Management → ARP table next to the L3 VPN service in whose ARP table you want to delete a static record.

   The page with the ARP table of the L3 VPN service is displayed.

5. Click Management → Delete next to the static record that you want to delete.
6. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

The static record is deleted and no longer displayed in the table.