QTECH
Software Configuration Manual
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11.5.3.3
Mechanism of option 82 supporting on DHCP relay agent
The procedure for a DHCP client to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server through a DHCP relay agent is
similar to that for the client to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server directly. The following are the mechanism of
option 82 supporting on DHCP relay agent.
1) A DHCP client broadcasts a request packet when it initiates.
2) The DHCP relay agent on the local network receives the request packet, and then checks whether the packet
contains option 82 and processes the packet accordingly.
3) If the packet contains option 82, the DHCP relay agent processes the packet depending on the configured
policy (that is, discards the packet, replaces the original option 82 in the packet with its own, or leaves the original
option 82 unchanged in the packet), and forwards the packet (if not discarded) to the DHCP server.
4) If the packet does not contain option 82, the DHCP relay agent adds option 82 to the packet and forwards
the packet to the DHCP server. The forwarded packet contains the port number of the switch to which the DHCP
client is connected, the VLAN to which the DHCP client belongs, and the MAC address of the DHCP relay agent.
5) Upon receiving the DHCP request packet forwarded by the DHCP relay agent, the DHCP server stores the
information contained in the option field and sends a packet that contains DHCP configuration information and
option 82 to the DHCP relay agent.
6) Upon receiving the packet returned from the DHCP server, the DHCP relay agent strips option 82 from the
packet and forwards the packet with the DHCP configuration information to the DHCP client.
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Note :
Request packets sent by a DHCP client fall into two categories :
DHCP-DISCOVER packets and DHCP-REQUEST packets. As DHCP servers coming
from different manufacturers process DHCP request packets in different ways (that is,
some DHCP servers process option 82 in DHCP-DISCOVER packets, whereas the rest
process option 82 in DHCP-REQUEST packets), a DHCP relay agent adds option 82 to
both types of packets to accommodate to DHCP servers of different manufacturers.
11.6 DHCP relay configuration list
DHCP Configuration list is as following :
·
Enable DHCP Relay
·
Conifure vlan interface
·
Show DHCP relay status
11.6.1
Enable DHCP relay
By default, DHCP relay is disabled. To enable DHCP relay, use the following command :
Enable DHCP relay
dhcp-relay
Disable DHCP relay
no dhcp-relay
To show DHCP relay status, try the command in any configuration mode :
Show DHCP relay status
show dhcp-relay
Example :
! Enable DHCP relay
QTECH(config)#dhcp-relay
! Disable DHCP relay