Concept Guide

Congure the System for User Port Stacking (Option
230)
Set the stacking-option variable to provide stack-port detail on the DHCP server when you set the DHCP oer. A stack can be formed
when the units are connected.
Option 230 is the option for user port stacking. Use it to create up to eight stack groups. Dene the conguration parameters on the DHCP
server for each chassis based on the chassis MAC address. Congure the following parameters:
• unit number
• priority
• stack group ID
The received stacking conguration is always applied on the master stack unit.
option #230 "unit-number:3#priority:2#stack-group:14"
Congure Secure DHCP
DHCP as dened by RFC 2131 provides no authentication or security mechanisms. Secure DHCP is a suite of features that protects
networks that use dynamic address allocation from spoong and attacks.
• Option 82
• DHCP Snooping
• Dynamic ARP Inspection
• Source Address Validation
Option 82
RFC 3046 (the relay agent information option, or Option 82) is used for class-based IP address assignment.
The code for the relay agent information option is 82, and is comprised of two sub-options, circuit ID and remote ID.
Circuit ID
This is the interface on which the client-originated message is received.
Remote ID This identies the host from which the message is received. The value of this sub-option is the MAC address of
the relay agent that adds Option 82.
The DHCP relay agent inserts Option 82 before forwarding DHCP packets to the server. The server can use this information to:
• track the number of address requests per relay agent. Restricting the number of addresses available per relay agent can harden a
server against address exhaustion attacks.
• associate client MAC addresses with a relay agent to prevent oering an IP address to a client spoong the same MAC address on a
dierent relay agent.
• assign IP addresses according to the relay agent. This prevents generating DHCP oers in response to requests from an unauthorized
relay agent.
The server echoes the option back to the relay agent in its response, and the relay agent can use the information in the option to forward a
reply out the interface on which the request was received rather than ooding it on the entire VLAN.
The relay agent strips Option 82 from DHCP responses before forwarding them to the client.
To insert Option 82 into DHCP packets, follow this step.
• Insert Option 82 into DHCP packets.
CONFIGURATION mode
Dynamic Host
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