Chapter 26 IP Source Guard

Table 84 DHCP Snooping Configure (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time

 

memory. The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses

 

power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save

 

your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

 

configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to reset the values in this screen to their last-saved

 

values.

 

 

26.5.1 DHCP Snooping Port Configure

Use this screen to specify whether ports are trusted or untrusted ports for DHCP snooping.

Note: If DHCP is enabled and there are no trusted ports, DHCP requests will not succeed.

You can also specify the maximum number for DHCP packets that each port (trusted or untrusted) can receive each second. To open this screen, click

Advanced Application > IP Source Guard > DHCP Snooping > Configure > Port.

Figure 134 DHCP Snooping Port Configure

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