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36.5 dhcp snooping information option
Use the dhcp snooping information option global configuration command on the switc to enable 
DHCP option-82 data insertion. Use the no form of this command to disable DHCP option-82 data 
insertion. 
 
Command Syntax 
dhcp snooping information option 
no dhcp snooping information option 
Default
DHCP option-82 data is not inserted.
 
Command Mode 
Global configuration
 
Usage 
You must globally enable DHCP snooping by using the dhcp snooping global configuration command 
for any DHCP snooping configuration to take effect. 
When the option-82 feature is enabled and a switch receives a DHCP request from a host, it adds the 
option-82 information in the packet. The option-82 information contains the switch MAC address (the 
remote ID suboption) and the port identifier, vlan-mod-port, from which the packet is received (circuit ID 
suboption). The switch forwards the DHCP request that includes the option-82 field to the DHCP 
server. 
When the DHCP server receives the packet, it can use the remote ID, the circuit ID, or both to assign 
IP addresses and implement policies, such as restricting the number of IP addresses that can be 
assigned to a single remote ID or a circuit ID. Then the DHCP server echoes the option-82 field in the 
DHCP reply. 
The DHCP server unicasts the reply to the switch if the request was relayed to the server by the switch. 
When the client and server are on the same subnet, the server broadcasts the reply. The switch 
inspects the remote ID and possibly the circuit ID fields to verify that it originally inserted the option-82 
data. The switch removes the option-82 field and forwards the packet to the switch port that connects 
to the DHCP host that sent the DHCP request. 
 
Examples 
This example shows how to enable DHCP option-82 data insertion: 
Switch(config)# dhcp snooping information option 
You can verify your settings by entering the show dhcp snooping config privileged EXEC command. 
 
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