Question 410
At Meridian Insurance, an engineer must relay DHCP client broadcasts from a VLAN to a server in another subnet. Which option best addresses this requirement?
Explanation
Correct Answer
DHCP relay forwards qualifying broadcast requests as unicast toward the configured server. This is the control that implements the specified requirement.
Incorrect Answers
A syslog collector aggregates event messages across devices for correlation and retention. That is not sufficient here: DHCP relay forwards qualifying broadcast requests as unicast toward the configured server.
Exclusions prevent the IOS DHCP pool from leasing reserved router or server addresses. That is not sufficient here: DHCP relay forwards qualifying broadcast requests as unicast toward the configured server.
Shaping delays packets to meet an average rate rather than immediately dropping all excess. That is not sufficient here: DHCP relay forwards qualifying broadcast requests as unicast toward the configured server.