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3 Configuring the Switch

Web – Click DHCP Snooping, VLAN Configuration.

Figure 3-145 DHCP Snooping VLAN Configuration

CLI – This example first enables DHCP Snooping for VLAN 1.

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Console(config)#

DHCP Snooping Information Option Configuration

DHCP provides a relay mechanism for sending information about the switch and its DHCP clients to the DHCP server. Known as DHCP Option 82, it allows compatible DHCP servers to use the information when assigning IP addresses, or to set other services or policies for clients.

When the DHCP Snooping Information Option is enabled, clients can be identified by the switch port to which they are connected rather than just their MAC address. DHCP client-server exchange messages are then forwarded directly between the server and client without having to flood them to the entire VLAN.

In some cases, the switch may receive DHCP packets from a client that already includes DHCP Option 82 information. The switch can be configured to set the action policy for these packets. Either the switch can drop the DHCP packets, keep the existing information, or replace it with the switch’s relay information.

Note: DHCP snooping must be enabled on the switch for the DHCP Option 82 information to be inserted into packets.

Command Attributes

•DHCP Snooping Information Option Status – Enables or disables DHCP Option 82 information relay.

•DHCP Snooping Information Option Policy – Sets the DHCP snooping information option policy for DHCP client packets that include Option 82 information.

•Replace – Overwrites the DHCP client packet information with the switch’s relay information.

•Keep – Retains the client’s DHCP information.

•Drop – Discards the Option 82 information in a packet and then floods it to the entire VLAN.

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