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ARP request monitoring

The NetScaler appliance has one built-in monitor that can be used to monitor ARP requests: the ARP monitor. This monitor periodically sends an ARP request to the service to which it is bound, and listens for the expected response. If it receives the expected response, it marks the service UP. If it receives no response or the wrong response, it marks the service DOWN.

ARP locates a hardware address for a load balanced server when only the network layer address is known. ARP is compatible with IPv4 to translate IP addresses to Ethernet MAC addresses. ARP monitoring is not relevant to IPv6 networks, and is therefore not supported on those networks.

There are no special parameters for the ARP monitor.

For instructions on configuring an ARP monitor, see Configuring Monitors in a Load Balancing Setup.

ARP request monitoring