Configuring the dhcp relay agent, Dhcp relay agent configuration task list – H3C Technologies H3C WX3000 Series Unified Switches User Manual

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Configuring the DHCP Relay Agent

If a device belongs to an IRF fabric, you need to enable the UDP Helper function on it before configuring
it as a DHCP relay agent.

DHCP Relay Agent Configuration Task List

Complete the following tasks to configure the DHCP relay agent:

Task

Remarks

Correlating a DHCP Server Group with a Relay Agent Interface

Required

Configuring DHCP Relay Agent Security Functions

Optional

Configuring the DHCP Relay Agent to Support Option 82

Optional

Correlating a DHCP Server Group with a Relay Agent Interface

To enhance reliability, you can set multiple DHCP servers on the same network. These DHCP servers
form a DHCP server group. When an interface of the relay agent establishes a correlation with the
DHCP server group, the interface will forward received DHCP packets to all servers in the server group.

Follow these steps to correlate a DHCP server group with a relay agent interface:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Configure the DHCP server IP
address(es) in a specified DHCP
server group

dhcp-server groupNo

ip

ip-address

&<1-8>

Required
By default, no DHCP server IP
address is configured in a DHCP
server group.

interface

interface-type

interface-number

Map an interface to a DHCP server
group

dhcp-server

groupNo

Required
By default, a VLAN interface is not
mapped to any DHCP server
group.

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