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This document explains how to decode Option 82 values, specifically the Agent Circuit ID and Agent Remote ID in DHCP requests. It details the default sub-options added by ACI switches for DHCP Relay and provides examples of how to interpret these values for troubleshooting. Additionally, it includes sample topology and commands for extracting relevant information from the system.

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Technote-HowToDecodeOpt82_v1

This document explains how to decode Option 82 values, specifically the Agent Circuit ID and Agent Remote ID in DHCP requests. It details the default sub-options added by ACI switches for DHCP Relay and provides examples of how to interpret these values for troubleshooting. Additionally, it includes sample topology and commands for extracting relevant information from the system.

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Technote: DHCP-Relay Decoding Option 82 values

Decoding Option 82 Agent “Circuit ID” & “Remote ID” values in DHCP Request

What is the Option 82 Sub-option “Agent Circuit ID” and “Agent Remote ID”?
How do I translate these values?

When the DHCP Relay Proxy adds OPTION 82 to DHCP Request, the gateway includes sub-
options as part of the OPTION 82 body. The destination VRF will determine which sub-options
to include. The Default sub-options added by the ACI switches for DHCP Relay are Agent
Circuit ID & Agent Remote ID.

Note: In a “multiple VRF” ACI DHCP-Relay use case scenario, the ACI DHCP-Relay Leaf will
add additional OPTION 82 sub-options (VRF Name\VPN ID, Server ID Override, & Link
selection). This technote addresses the “default” values only.

• Agent Circuit ID: is the Physical Interface, VLAN ID, and VLAN vnid of where the Client
resides on the DHCP Relay Proxy Gateway.
• Agent Remote ID: is the TEP Address of the DHCP Relay Proxy Gateway (Leaf).

You can decode these values to use for troubleshooting ACI DHCP Relay issues.

Sample Topology:
rtp-f2-p1-spines
TEP Address
10.0.200.93
10.0.200.94

rtp-f2-p1-leaf3 rtp-f2-p1-leaf4
TEP Address TEP Address
10.0.200.92 10.0.200.91

Po1 Po5

Po7 Po7

VMM Networking
Datacenter Cluster
deadbeef-esxi126
deadbeef-esxi127
deadbeef-vcsa

DHCP Servers DHCP Client


aconcagua.cisco.com dhcp3-bd25
192.2.26.252 192.2.25.1/24
lhotse.cisco.com 00:50:56:89:28:6e
192.2.28.252

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ACI Tenant & Client Information:


Tenant: deadbeef-dhcp3
Single VRF: dhcp3-v1
Client BD: dhcp3-bd25
BD Subnet: 192.2.25.1/24
Client MAC: 00:50:56:89:28:6e

BD DHCP Relay Labels:


dhcp3-ipv4-dhcpRelay-server1 192.2.26.252
dhcp3-ipv4-dhcpRelay-server2 192.2.28.252

DHCP DISCOVER Request Snippet from DHCP Client 00:50:56:89:85:e6

Frame 1: 372 bytes on wire (2976 bits), 372 bytes captured (2976 bits) on interface 0
Ethernet II, Src: CiscoInc_f8:19:ff (00:22:bd:f8:19:ff), Dst: Vmware_89:85:e6
(00:50:56:89:85:e6)
Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.2.25.1, Dst: 192.2.28.252
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 67 (67), Dst Port: 67 (67)
Bootstrap Protocol (Discover)
Bootp flags: 0x0000 (Unicast)
Relay agent IP address: 192.2.25.1
Client MAC address: Vmware_89:28:6e (00:50:56:89:28:6e)
Option: (53) DHCP Message Type (Discover)
Option: (82) Agent Information Option
Length: 24
Option 82 Suboption: (1) Agent Circuit ID
Length: 16
Agent Circuit ID: 160000060000001b00000000000023fd
Option 82 Suboption: (2) Agent Remote ID
Length: 4
Agent Remote ID: 0a00c85b

Agent Circuit ID: is the Physical Interface, VLAN ID, and VLAN vnid of where
the Client resides on the DHCP Relay Proxy Gateway

Agent Circuit ID: 160000060000001b00000000000023fd

Agent Circuit ID: 160000060000 = Physical Interface (port-channel7 from


the "show system internal epmc endpoint vlan 27”)

Agent Circuit ID: 001b00000000 = VLAN 27

Agent Circuit ID: 000023fd = VLAN vnid (9213 from the "show system
internal epmc endpoint vlan 27")

Agent Circuit ID: port-channel7, VLAN 27, VLAN vnid 9213

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Technote: DHCP-Relay Decoding Option 82 values

Use the “show system internal epmc endpoint vlan ###” command output to decode the Option
82 sub-option values.

For example:

(vsh_lc)# show system internal epmc endpoint vlan ##

rtp-f2-p1-leaf4# vsh_lc

module-1# show system internal epmc endpoint vlan 27

Vlan 27

MAC : 0050.5689.286e ::: Num IPs : 1


IP# 0 : 192.2.25.101
Vlan id : 27 ::: Vlan vnid : 9213 ::: BD vnid : 16580488
Encap vlan : 802.1Q/51
VRF name : deadbeef-dhcp3:dhcp3-v1 ::: VRF vnid : 2981889
phy if : 0x16000006 ::: tunnel if : 0 ::: Interface : port-channel7
Ref count : 5 ::: sclass : 16388

Agent Remote ID: is the TEP Address of the DHCP Relay Proxy Gateway

Agent Remote ID: 0a00c85b


Hex to IP Address: 10.0.200.91

# On APIC
# show switch | egrep -E "10.0.200.91|ID|---"

rtp-f2-p1-apic1# show switch | egrep -E "10.0.200.91|ID|---"

Abreviated Output

ID Pod Address Version Serial Number Name


---- ---- ------------ ----------------- ------------- ---------------
214 1 10.0.200.91 n9000-12.2(0.64a) SAL1816QWDQ rtp-f2-p1-leaf4

# On LEAF
# acidiag fnvread | egrep -E "10.0.200.91|ID|---"

rtp-f2-p1-leaf3# acidiag fnvread | egrep -E "10.0.200.91|ID|---"


ID Pod ID Name Serial Number IP Address Role State
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
214 1 rtp-f2-p1-leaf4 SAL1816QWDQ 10.0.200.91/32 leaf active

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Technote: DHCP-Relay Decoding Option 82 values

Resources for decoding values:


• A wireshark capture from the DHCP Server. Filter on “bootp” and capture the DHCP
Discover or DHCP Request Packet.
• IP Address - HEX, Decimal, Binary Converter
- http://ncalculators.com/digital-computation/ip-address-hex-decimal-binary.htm
• Hexadecimal to Decimal Converter
- http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-to-decimal-converter
• Access to ACI Leaf Nodes so that you can run some CLI commands

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