Cisco Systems Interactions Between DHCPv4 Snooping, DHCP v4 Relay and Option 82

IP Configuration
IPv4 Management and Interfaces
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The following Option 82 options are available on the device:
•DHCP Insertion - Add Option 82 information to packets that do not have
foreign Option 82 information.
•DHCP Passthrough - Forward or reject DHCP packets that contain Option
82 information from untrusted ports. On trusted ports, DHCP packets
containing Option 82 information are always forwarded.
The following table shows the packet flow through the DHCP Relay, DHCP
Snooping, and Option 82 modules:
The following cases are possible:
•DHCP client and DHCP server are connected to the same VLAN. In this
case, a regular bridging passes the DHCP messages between DHCP client
and DHCP server.
•DHCP client and DHCP server are connected to different VLANs. In the
case, only DHCP Relay can and does broadcast DHCP messages between
DHCP client and DHCP server. Unicast DHCP messages are passed by
regular routers and therefore if DHCP Relay is enabled on a VLAN without
an IP address or if the device is not a router (Layer 2 device) then an
external router is needed.
DHCP Relay and only DHCP Relay relays DHCP messages to a DHCP server
Interactions Between DHCPv4 Snooping, DHCP v4 Relay and
Option 82
The following tables describe how the device behaves with various combinations
of DHCP Snooping, DHCP Relay and Option 82.
The following describes how DHCP request packets are handled when DHCP
Snooping is not enabled and DHCP Relay is enabled.
DHCP Relay
VLAN with IP Address
DHCP Relay
VLAN without IP Address
Packet arrives
without Option
82
Packet arrives
with Option
82
Packet arrive s
without
Option 82
Packet arrives
with Option
82