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Yugandhar
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May 21, 2018

Reg MAC Address for VIP

Hi, Could you please let me know where can we find the MAC address of a VIP as i did a PCAP and found one of the Self IP 10.138.64.7 ( Floating Self IP 10.138.64.9) sent an ARP broadcast to know th...
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mf5
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May 21, 2018

If you didn't configure mac masquerade,vlan mac address is VIP mac address. All the VIP in that vlan will have the same mac address.

 

And regarding the self ip sending the arp request to VIP could be GARP.