Overview

DHCPv6 snooping works between the DHCPv6 client and server, or between the DHCPv6 client and DHCPv6 relay agent. It guarantees that DHCPv6 clients obtain IP addresses from authorized DHCPv6 servers. Also, it records IP-to-MAC bindings of DHCPv6 clients (called DHCPv6 snooping entries) for security purposes.

DHCPv6 snooping does not work between the DHCPv6 server and DHCPv6 relay agent.

DHCPv6 snooping defines trusted and untrusted ports to make sure that clients obtain IPv6 addresses only from authorized DHCPv6 servers.

DHCPv6 snooping reads DHCP-ACK messages received from trusted ports and DHCP-REQUEST messages to create DHCPv6 snooping entries. A DHCPv6 snooping entry includes the MAC and IP addresses of a client, the port that connects to the DHCPv6 client, and the VLAN. You can use the display ipv6 dhcp snooping binding command to display the IP addresses of users for management.