Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1, you can add a DHCP relay to an NSX edge gateway that is associated with your organization VDC network.

In DHCP Relay mode, when a guest OS transmits a DHCP request for an IP address and related metadata, the NSX edge gateway receives the request and relays it to a designated DHCP server in your physical DHCP infrastructure as a unicast flow. When the response is received by the relay, it is forwarded to the requesting guest OS.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Networking.
  2. Click the name of the network in which you want to activate DHCP relay mode.
  3. In the IP Management section, click DHCP.
  4. Click Activate.
  5. Select Relay DHCP mode and click Next.
  6. Review your settings and click Finish.