Installing and Configuring DHCPv6 2

Conﬁguring DHCPv6 2.001

Conﬁguring the Client

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Conﬁguring the Client

This section describes how to conﬁgure the DHCPv6 2.001 client on the

HP-UX 11i Version 1 operating system.

It discusses the following topics:

• “The dhcpv6client.data File” on page 37

• “The dhcpv6clientd Client Daemon” on page 38

• “Setting Up the DHCPv6 2.001 Client” on page 39

• “The dhcpv6client_ui Interface” on page 39

• “The dhcpv6conﬁg Script” on page 42

• “The dhcpv6db2conf Utility” on page 43

The dhcpv6client.data File

The client database ﬁle /etc/dhcpv6client.data contains a series of

records to represent various conﬁguration parameters, such as DNS

server address, DHCPv6 2.001 server address, DNS domain name list,

and others. Each record is of the following format:

where

<opcode> is the option code for the parameter or identiﬁer, followed by a

space.

<length> is the length of the information, followed by a space.

<data> is the data representing the information denoted by the option

code, followed by a newline character.

The DHCPv6 2.001 client uses dhcpv6client.data to build its internal

database and to maintain the leases. This ﬁle contains information about

the IP address leases and other conﬁguration parameters.