MAC limiting protects against flooding of the Ethernet switching table (also known as the MAC forwarding table or Layer 2 forwarding table). This feature is enabled on interfaces (ports). MAC limiting sets a limit on the number of MAC addresses that can be learned on a single Layer 2 access port. The MAC limit value in the EX-series switch’s default configuration is five MAC addresses. You can configure the MAC limit on an interface, on an interface in a VLAN, or on all interfaces. You can also specify the action to be taken when the MAC limit is exceeded, such as dropping packets, logging messages, or shutting down the interface. Additionally, you can configure specific “allowed” MAC addresses for the access port. Any MAC address that is not in the list of configured addresses is not learned. Allowed MAC binds MAC addresses to a VLAN so that the address does not get registered outside the VLAN. References:

[EX] How to control MAC address access through Junos OS for EX Series switches1

Configuring MAC Limiting2

Understanding MAC Limiting and MAC Move Limiting3

The DHCP snooping feature in Juniper Networks’ EX Series switches works by building a binding database that maps the IP address, MAC address, lease time, binding type, VLAN number, and interface information 1 .  This database is used to filter and validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources 1 .

However, there are certain conditions that could prevent entries from being automatically created in the snooping database for an interface:

MAC limiting: If MAC limiting is enabled on the interface, it could potentially interfere with the operation of DHCP snooping.  MAC limiting restricts the number of MAC addresses that can be learned on a physical interface to prevent MAC flooding attacks 1 . This could inadvertently limit the number of DHCP clients that can be learned on an interface, thus preventing new entries from being added to the DHCP snooping database.

Static IP address : If the device connected to the interface is configured with a static IP address, it will not go through the DHCP process and therefore will not have an entry in the DHCP snooping database 1 .  The DHCP snooping feature relies on monitoring DHCP messages to build its database 1 , so devices with static IP addresses that do not send DHCP messages will not have their information added.

Therefore, options B and C are correct.  Options A and D are not correct because performing a DHCPRELEASE would simply remove an existing entry from the database 1 , and Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) uses the information stored in the DHCP snooping binding database but does not prevent entries from being created 1 .