Dhcp relay agent configuration task list, Enabling dhcp, Enabling the dhcp relay agent on an interface – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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If a client's

requesting message

has…

Handling

strategy

Padding format The DHCP relay agent…

N/A verbose

Forwards the message after adding the Option
82 padded in verbose format.

N/A user-defined

Forwards the message after adding the
user-defined Option 82.

DHCP relay agent configuration task list

Task Remarks

Enabling DHCP

Required.

Enabling the DHCP relay agent on an interface

Required.

Correlating a DHCP server group with a relay agent interface

Required.

Configuring the DHCP relay agent security functions

Optional.

Enabling unauthorized DHCP server detection

Optional.

Enabling client offline detection

Optional.

Configuring the DHCP relay agent to release an IP address

Optional.

Configuring the DHCP relay agent to support Option 82

Optional.

Enabling DHCP

Enable DHCP before performing other DHCP-related configurations.
To enable DHCP:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable DHCP.

dhcp enable

Disabled by default.

Enabling the DHCP relay agent on an interface

With the DHCP relay agent enabled, an interface forwards incoming DHCP requests to a DHCP server

for address allocation.
To enable the DHCP relay agent on an interface:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter interface view.

interface interface-type
interface-number

N/A

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