On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 10:40 -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
> The problem arises when you move a guest from one physical port to another
> before that "forget" timer pops. If the guest does not generate any
> traffic, inbound traffic will go to the wrong port. So, what should Linux
> do? When Linux brings an interface up, he's supposed to issue an
> unsolicited ("gratuitous") ARP response. When operating in layer 3 mode
> (VSWITCH or OSA), CP or the OSA issues the "grat ARP" on your behalf.
>
We have opened Novell bugzilla 617373 to address the problem of the
missing unsolicited ("gratuitous") ARP response in SLES11 SP1.
Regards, Ursula Braun, IBM Germany
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