Configuring the Device to Send DHCP Option Information to the Authentication Server When Triggering MAC Address Authentication Through DHCP Packets

This section provides a sample of configuring the device to send DHCP option information to the authentication server when triggering MAC address authentication through DHCP packets using the merge method.

**Table 1** Configuring the device to send DHCP option information to the authentication server when triggering MAC address authentication through DHCP packets
Operation	XPATH
edit-config:merge	/huawei-nac-mac:mac-access/configure-mode/unified-mode/mac-access-profile/get-dhcp-option

Data Requirements

**Table 2** Configuring the device to send DHCP option information to the authentication server when triggering MAC address authentication through DHCP packets
Item	Data	Description
name	test	Configure the MAC access profile named test.
dhcp-option-format	option82-circuit-id	Set the user name for MAC address authentication to a specified DHCP option.
separate	#	Set the delimiter in the user name of MAC address authentication to #.
code-format	format-hex	Set the user name for MAC address authentication in hexadecimal format.
password	huawei@123	Set the password for MAC address authentication to huawei@123.
get-dhcp-option	option-82	Send DHCP option information to the authentication server.

Request Example

<rpc message-id="0" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <config>
      <hw-nac-mac:mac-access xmlns:hw-nac-mac="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-nac-mac">
        <hw-nac-mac:mac-access-profile>
          <hw-nac-mac:name>test</hw-nac-mac:name>
          <hw-nac-mac:dhcp-option-format>option82-circuit-id</hw-nac-mac:dhcp-option-format>
          <hw-nac-mac:separate>#</hw-nac-mac:separate>
          <hw-nac-mac:code-format>format-hex</hw-nac-mac:code-format>
          <hw-nac-mac:password>huawei@123</hw-nac-mac:password>
          <hw-nac-mac:get-dhcp-option>option-82</hw-nac-mac:get-dhcp-option>
        </hw-nac-mac:mac-access-profile>
      </hw-nac-mac:mac-access>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>

Response Example

Sample of successful response

<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="0">
 <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="1">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-path>/huawei-nac-mac:mac-access/mac-access-profile[name='laoyu']/get-dhcp-option[.='option-16']</error-path>
    <error-message>parse rpc config error.(Invalid value "option-16" in "get-dhcp-option" element.).</error-message>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>