DHCPv6 2.001 Release Notes

DHCPv6 Release Notes

What Is in This Version

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What Is in This Version

Following are the new features that DHCPv6 2.001 offers:

• In order for DHCPv6 2.001 to comply with RFC 3315, certain tags and parameters in the

following DHCPv6 2.001 utilities and daemon are added or modiﬁed:

❏ The /usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui utility

❏ The /usr/sbin/dhcpv6clientd daemon

❏ The /usr/sbin/dhcpv6d daemon

❏ The /usr/bin/dhcpv6db2conf utility

• DHCPv6 2.001 allows you to conﬁgure multiple address groups under a single pool group;

but, in DHCPv6 1.001, you could conﬁgure only one address pool in a pool group.

Therefore, you can specify multiple DHCP_ADDRESS_POOL settings for a single

DHCP_POOL_GROUP in the /etc/dhcpv6tab ﬁle. You must move the tags

address-pool, subnet-prefix, and reserved-addresses from the

DHCP_POOL_GROUP section to the DHCP_ADDRESS_POOL section. For more information,

see “Migrating from DHCPv6 1.001 to DHCPv6 2.001” on page 16.

IMPORTANT If you are new to DHCPv6 2.001, HP recommends that you read the manual

Installing and Administering DHCPv6 2.001 available at

http://www.docs.hp.com. This manual describes the key features and

beneﬁts that DHCPv6 2.001 offers. It also describes how to conﬁgure and

troubleshoot DHCPv6 2.001.

The subsequent sections discuss the tags and parameters that are new and modiﬁed in the

DHCPv6 2.001 utilities and daemon.

The /usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui Utility

The following are the modiﬁcations in the /usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui utility:

• The following new options are added:

-t Gets the temporary addresses from the

dhcpv6 client daemon.

-T Gets both temporary and non-temporary

addresses from the client daemon.