Operation Manual – DHCP
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 DHCP Snooping Configuration
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Handling
policy
Sub-option
configuration
The DHCP Snooping device will…
Neither of the two
sub-options is
configured
Forward the packet after replacing the original
Option 82 with the default content.
The storage format of Option 82 content is the
one specified with the dhcp-snooping
information format command or the default
HEX format if this command is not executed.
Circuit ID
sub-option is
configured
Forward the packet after replacing the circuit
ID sub-option of the original Option 82 with
the configured circuit ID sub-option in ASCII
format.
Replace
Remote ID
sub-option is
configured
Forward the packet after replacing the remote
ID sub-option of the original Option 82 with
the configured remote ID sub-option in ASCII
format.
When receiving a DHCP client’s request without Option 82, the DHCP snooping device
will add the option field with the configured sub-option and then forward the packet. For
details, see
Table 2-2.
Table 2-2 Ways of handling a DHCP packet without Option 82
Sub-option
configuration
The DHCP-Snooping device will …
Neither of the two
sub-options is
configured.
Forward the packet after adding Option 82 with the default
contents.
The format of Option 82 is the one specified with the
dhcp-snooping information format command or the
default HEX format if this command is not executed.
Circuit ID sub-option is
configured.
Forward the packet after adding Option 82 with the
configured circuit ID sub-option in ASCII format.
Remote ID sub-option
is configured.
Forward the packet after adding Option 82 with the
configured remote ID sub-option in ASCII format.
 Note:
The circuit ID and remote ID sub-options in Option 82, which can be configured
simultaneously or separately, are independent of each other in terms of configuration
sequence.
When the DHCP snooping device receives a DHCP response packet from the DHCP
server, the DHCP snooping device will delete the Option 82 field, if contained, before