Table 17-1 – Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

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Table 17-1. DHCP Packet Handling when DHCP Snooping is Enabled

Packet Type

Arriving from Untrusted
Ingress Interface

Arriving from Trusted
Ingress Interface

DHCPDISCOVER

Forward to trusted

interfaces only.

Forwarded to trusted

interfaces only.

DHCPOFFER

Filter.

Forward the packet

according to DHCP

information. If the

destination address is

unknown the packet is

filtered.

DHCPREQUEST

Forward to trusted

interfaces only.

Forward to trusted

interfaces only.

DHCPACK

Filter.

Same as DHCPOFFER

and an entry is added to

the Binding database.

DHCPNAK

Filter.

Same as DHCPOFFER.

Remove entry if exists.

DHCPDECLINE

Check if there is

information in the

database. If the

information exists and

does not match the

interface on which the

message was received, the

packet is filtered.

Otherwise the packet is

forwarded to trusted

interfaces only, and the

entry is removed from

database.

Forward to trusted

interfaces only

DHCPRELEASE

Same as

DHCPDECLINE.

Same as

DHCPDECLINE.

DHCPINFORM

Forward to trusted

interfaces only.

Forward to trusted

interfaces only.

DHCPLEASEQUERY

Filtered.

Forward.

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