ES-3124 User’s Guide

CHAPTER 23

DHCP Relay

This chapter shows you how to set up DHCP relay.

23.1 DHCP Relay Overview

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a DHCP server. You can configure the switch to relay client DHCP requests to a DHCP server and the server's responses back to the clients.

23.1.1 DHCP Relay Agent Information

The switch can add information to client DHCP requests that it relays to a DHCP server. This helps provide authentication about the source of the requests. You can also specify additional information for the switch to add to the client DHCP requests that it relays to the DHCP server. Please refer to RFC 3046 for more details.

The DHCP relay agent information feature adds an Agent Information field to the option 82 field of the DHCP headers of client TCP/IP configuration request frames that the switch relays to a DHCP server. The following lists the DHCP relay agent option 82 information that the switch sends to the DHCP server:

•Slot ID (1 byte)

•Port ID (1 byte)

•VLAN ID (2 bytes)

•System name (up to 32 bytes, this is optional).

23.2DHCP Relay Configuration

To configure DHCP relay information and specify the DHCP server(s), click Advanced Application and DHCP Relay to display the screen as shown next.

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