Cabletron Systems CSX1000, CSX1200 manual Verifying Dhcp Relay Agent Initialization

USER’S GUIDE

1.Set up two systems in a back-to-back, dedicated, BRI scenario where at least one of the systems is a PC-Platform. Configure a dedicated access between the 2 systems.

2.The usage of a PC-platform exploits the fact that the layer 1 of a PC-based BRI board stays active even when you exit the software. This gives us a way to simulate an end-to-end B- channel failure. That is, the only remaining way for the other system to detect the error is via the Link Failure Detection mechanism (there are no D-channel failures or Layer 1 failures).

3.On the non-PC system (or either of the two if both are PC-platforms), make sure that Link Failure Detection is enabled. Go to the mc screen to make sure that the dedicated connection is up.

4.On the PC-platform system, enter the quit command.

5.On the non-PC system wait for approximately the amount time of the echo frequency multiplied by the maximum attempts. At this time, the feature should detect the failure, and the mc screen should remove the dedicated connection.

6.Check the log for the message which indicates that a link failure has been detected.

7.If there is a failure, refer to WAN Line Availability for corrective actions.

VERIFYING DHCP RELAY AGENT

The following sections provide instructions to verify that the DHCP/BOOTP Relay Agent is working properly.

VERIFYING DHCP RELAY AGENT INITIALIZATION

Regardless of whether or not the Relay Agent has been enabled via configuration, some initialization processing is always performed. If this initialization is successful, there should not be any warnings/errors written to the report log by the DHCP Relay Agent.

1.Examine the report log. Type: dr <return>

2.The dr command displays the system report log. Look for any messages that begin with:

[DHCP-R]

3.The following messages indicate that errors occurred during DHCP/BOOTP Relay Agent initialization processing:

[DHCP-R] Failed to allocated memory for transmit buffer pool

[DHCP-R] Relay Agent initialization failed

If you do not see either of these messages in the report log, the DHCP/BOOTP Relay Agent has successfully performed its initialization processing.

If either (or both) of these messages are contained in the report log, refer to Relay Agent Initialization in the Problem Diagnosis chapter.

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