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means the port number.

The Remote ID is 6 bytes in length, and the value is equal the DHCP relay agent’s MAC address. The DHCP Relay

Configuration screen in

Figure 4-2-11

appears.

Figure 4-2-11:

DHCP Relay

Configuration Page Screenshot

The page includes the following fields:

Object

Description

Relay Mode

Indicates the DHCP relay mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled

: Enable DHCP relay mode operation. When enable DHCP relay

mode operation, the agent forward and to transfer DHCP messages between

the clients and the server when they are not on the same subnet domain.

And the DHCP broadcast message won't flood for security considered.

Disabled

: Disable DHCP relay mode operation.

Indicates the DHCP relay server IP address. A DHCP relay agent is used to

forward and to transfer DHCP messages between the clients and the server

when they are not on the same subnet domain.

Relay Server

Relay Information

Mode

Indicates the DHCP relay information mode option operation. Possible modes

are:

Enabled

: Enable DHCP relay information mode operation. When enable

DHCP relay information mode operation, the agent insert specific information

(option82) into a DHCP message when forwarding to DHCP server and

remove it from a DHCP message when transferring to DHCP client. It only

works under DHCP relay operation mode enabled.

Disabled

: Disable DHCP relay information mode operation.

Relay Information

Policy

Indicates the DHCP relay information option policy. When enable DHCP relay

information mode operation, if agent receive a DHCP message that already

contains relay agent information. It will enforce the policy. And it only works under

DHCP relay information operation mode enabled. Possible policies are:

Replace

: Replace the original relay information when receiving a DHCP

message that already contains it.

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