Enabling periodic refresh of dynamic relay entries

About enabling periodic refresh of dynamic relay entries

A DHCP client unicasts a DHCP-RELEASE message to the DHCP server to release its IP address. The DHCP relay agent conveys the message to the DHCP server and does not remove the IP-to-MAC entry of the client.

With this feature, the DHCP relay agent uses the IP address of a relay entry to periodically send a DHCP-REQUEST message to the DHCP server.

The relay agent maintains the relay entries depending on what it receives from the DHCP server:

Procedure

  1. Enter system view.

    system-view

  2. Enable periodic refresh of dynamic relay entries.

    dhcp relay client-information refresh enable

    By default, periodic refresh of dynamic relay entries is enabled.

  3. (Optional.) Set the refresh interval.

    dhcp relay client-information refresh [ auto | interval interval ]

    By default, the refresh interval is auto, which is calculated based on the number of total relay entries.