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Global Configuration Commands
24-2 DHCPv6 Configuration
RFC3315alsodescribesDHCPv6RelayAgentinteractions,whichareverymuchlikeDHCPv4
RelayAgent.RFC3046describestheDHCPv6RelayAgentInformationOption,whichemploys
verysimilarcapabilitiesasthosedescribedbyDHCPv4RelayAgentOptioninRFC2132.
WiththelargeraddressspaceinherenttoIPv6,addresseswithin
anetworkcanbeallocatedmore
effectivelyinahierarchicalfashion.DHCPv6introducesthenotionof“prefixdelegation”as
describedinRFC3633asawayforrouterstocentralizeanddelegateIPaddressassignment.
Default Conditions
Thefollowingtableliststhe defaultDHCPv6conditions.
Global Configuration Commands
Purpose
TheserouterglobalconfigurationmodecommandsareusedtoenableDHCPv6ontherouter,
configurerelayagentglobalparameters,andenterDHCPpoolconfigurationmode.
Commands
ipv6 dhcp enable
ThiscommandenablesDHCPv6ontherouter.
Syntax
ipv6 dhcp enable
no ipv6 dhcp enable
Condition Default Value
IPv6 DHCP Disabled
IPv6 DHCP Relay Agent Information
Option
32
IPv6 DHCP Relay Agent Information
Remote ID Sub-option
1
IPv6 DHCP Preferred Lifetime 2592000 seconds
IPv6 DHCP Valid Lifetime 604800 seconds
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ipv6 dhcp enable 24-2
ipv6 dhcp relay-agent-info-opt 24-3
ipv6 dhcp relay-agent-info-remote-id-subopt 24-4
ipv6 dhcp pool 24-4