I know some Cisco switches have the option to block DHCP replies on ports
not marked as trusted (DHCP Snooping). I have never seen one where I had
access to the configuration and the setting was on, so I am not sure what
to expect, but it might explain why you don't see the reply in a mirror.

- Y

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, Wade Blackwell wrote:

> Good afternoon all,
>        I have *2.1-RELEASE * (amd64) running on esxi 5.0 with a Cisco
> managed L2 switch (SG200-26) in between esxi and the charter cable modem.
> I see my dhcp discovers go out (broadcast) I never see any dhcp traffic
> come back. Charter's been out a few times, they did determine that they see
> my discover and they respond though I don't see the reply. With a dedicated
> interface they can get an address off the modem. ASCII art below;
>
> charter cable modem--g24 cisco vlan 5---esxi vlan5--pf em0.
>
> I've tried this dedicating a vnic to a standalone vswitch with no 802.1q
> and I've tried 802.1q on the esxi side. The cable modem port is always an
> access port in vlan 5. STP has been disabled on the charter modem port.
> Every port has portfast enabled and the mac timers have been cranked down
> to the minimum, 10 seconds I believe. I've captured traffic from vlan 5 and
> g24 (cable modem port) and seen the same thing, dhcp discovers go out,
> nothing comes back. I'm thinking there has to be a handful of folks on this
> list who have dealt with this and succeeded. Any advice would be fabulous,
> I'd like to keep my L3 in software if I can. Thanks so much.
>
>       -W
>
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> Wade Blackwell
> Solutions Architect
> (D) 805.457.8825 X998
> (C) 805.400.8485
> (S) coc.wadeblackwell
>


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