bootp-relay-max-hops

Modifies the maximum number of BootP or DHCP hops.

Syntax

bootp-relay-max-hops max-hop
no bootp-relay-max-hops max-hop

Command Default

By default, a Brocade Layer 3 switch forwards a BootP or DHCP request if its hop count is four or less, but discards the request if the hop count is greater than four.

Parameters

max-hop
Specifies the maximum number of hops. The parameter value can be from 1 through 15.

Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

This command allows the Layer 3 switch to forward BootP or DHCP requests that have passed through 10 previous hops before reaching the Layer 3 switch. Requests that have traversed 11 hops before reaching the switch are dropped. Because the hop count value initializes at zero, the hop count value of an ingressing DHCP Request packet is the number of Layer 3 routers that the packet has already traversed.

Examples

The following example modifies the maximum number of BootP or DHCP hops to 10. 

device(config)# bootp-relay-max-hops 10