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Chapter 2      IE 3000 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
ip dhcp snooping database
ip dhcp snooping database
Use the ip dhcp snooping database global configuration command to configure the DHCP snooping 
binding database agent. Use the no form of this command to disable the agent, to reset the timeout value, 
or to reset the write-delay value.
ip dhcp snooping database {{flash:/filename | ftp://user:password@host/filename | 
http://[[username:password]@]{hostname | host-ip}[/directory]/image-name.tar | 
rcp://user@host/filename | tftp://host/filename} | timeout seconds | write-delay seconds}
no ip dhcp snooping database [timeout | write-delay]
Syntax Description
Defaults The URL for the database agent or binding file is not defined.
The timeout value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
The write-delay value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Command Modes Global configuration 
Command History
flash:/filename Specify that the database agent or the binding file is in the flash 
memory.
ftp://user:password@host/filename Specify that the database agent or the binding file is on an FTP 
server.
http://[[username:password]@]
 
{hostname | host-ip}[/directory]
 
/image-name.tar
Specify that the database agent or the binding file is on an FTP 
server.
rcp://user@host/filename Specify that the database agent or the binding file is on a 
Remote Control Protocol (RCP) server.
tftp://host/filename Specify that the database agent or the binding file is on a TFTP 
server.
timeout seconds Specify (in seconds) how long to wait for the database transfer 
process to finish before stopping.
The default is 300 seconds. The range is 0 to 86400. Use 0 to 
define an infinite duration, which means to continue trying the 
transfer indefinitely.
write-delay seconds Specify (in seconds) the duration for which the transfer should 
be delayed after the binding database changes. The default 
is
 300 seconds. The range is 15 to 86400.
Release Modification
12.2(44)EX This command was introduced.