Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a TCP/IP protocol that is used to obtain a network node's physical address. ARP operates at layers 2 (Data Link) and 3 (Network) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. The physical address, also referred to as the Machine Access Control (MAC) address, is the unique serial number that identifies one network card from another.

The network maintains a list of devices, IP addresses, and physical addresses in the ARP cache. With the NUK_Network KM, you can view the ARP cache and add or delete resources (computers, printers, routers, anything with a network card) from it.

The NUK_Network task related to Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) are described in detail on the following topic:

Viewing the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Cache

This task describes how to view the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache, which consists of the Internet-to-Ethernet address translation tables. ARP is a TCP/IP protocol used to obtain a network node's physical address (the Machine Access Control address). The ARP cache is a list of each network device, its IP address, mask, and physical address.

To View the ARP Cache

1. Access the NUK_Network_Container application instance menu.
2. Select  Utilities > ARP > Show ARP cache. BMC PATROL writes the results to a BMC PATROL task object (Show ARP Cache) in the NUK_Network_Container.
3. Access the Show ARP Cache task object and view the results. Your results should resemble this example:

Output Format

The output has the following format. Following table defines each field.

Related topics

Network-Container-NUK_Network_Container