I think there is not really any precedence.
The usage guidelines of the ip helper-address command states:
The following conditions must be met for a UDP or IP packet to be able to use the ip helper-address command:
The MAC address of the received frame must be all-ones broadcast address (ffff.ffff.ffff).
The IP destination address must be one of the following: all-ones broadcast (255.255.255.255), subnet broadcast for the receiving interface (...)
That means that the ip helper has no effect when a directed broadcast is received from another subnet; it has to be a layer-2 broadcast from the local subnet.
If you enable directed broadcasts and send a UDP packet to the subnet's broadcast address as a layer-2 broadcast frame and UDP forwarding is enabled for the port I'd assume that
- an ip unicast packet is send to the configured helper
- an all-ones broadcast is send within the local subnet
Best regards
Rolf
Btw: Why did you post that in the Data Center - Application Networking section?
