DHCPv6 relay agent tasks at a glance

To configure a DHCPv6 relay agent, perform the following tasks:

  1. Enabling the DHCPv6 relay agent on an interface

  2. Specifying DHCPv6 servers on the relay agent

  3. (Optional.) Specifying a gateway address for DHCPv6 clients

  4. (Optional.) Setting the DSCP value for DHCPv6 packets sent by the DHCPv6 relay agent

  5. (Optional.) Specifying a padding mode for the Interface-ID option

  6. (Optional.) Enabling the DHCPv6 relay agent to advertise IPv6 prefixes

  7. (Optional.) Specifying the source IPv6 address for relayed DHCPv6 requests

  8. (Optional.) Configuring DHCPv6 relay security features

  9. (Optional.) Discarding DHCPv6 requests that are delivered from VXLAN tunnels