[j-nsp] EX 8200 deployment

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Sun Mar 21 06:03:27 EDT 2010


> > So the EX (4200) bits from my personal list:
> > * EX4200 - bootp relay doesn't work when configured inside a
> > routing-instance, works when configured at top to use an instance
> 
> Got bitten by this one a couple of weekends ago, during a big roll-out.
> 
> Very counter-intuitive 'fix'.
> 
> We had:
> 
> set routing-instances blah-vr forwarding-options helpers bootp
> interface vlan.600 server 172.13.40.9
> 
> We actually needed:
> 
> set forwarding-options helpers bootp interface vlan.600 server
> 172.13.40.9 routing-instance blah-vr

This is *not* specific to EX, the same applies to the M series.

However, the "Extended DHCP Relay" functionality (forwarding-options
dhcp-relay) needs to be configured under the routing-instance. Isn't
consistency wonderful?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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