- Written by Sourav Basu
- Posted on 12月 9, 2020
- Updated on 7月 12, 2023
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In VXLAN networks, broadcast DHCP requests are head-end-replicated to all VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEP). If a DHCP relay helper address is configured on more than one VTEP, each such VTEP relays the DHCP request to the configured DHCP server. This could potentially overwhelm the DHCP server as it would receive multiple copies of broadcast packets originated from a host connected to one of the VTEPs.
- Written by Sourav Basu
- Posted on 10月 4, 2019
- Updated on 10月 4, 2019
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The EOS DHCP relay agent now supports forwarding of DHCP requests to DHCP servers located in a different VRF to the DHCP