Installing and Configuring DHCPv6 2

Configuring DHCPv6 2.001
Configuring the Client
Chapter 338
The dhcpv6clientd Client Daemon
dhcpv6clientd is the DHCPv6 2.001 client daemon. It sends the DHCP
SOLICIT and DHCP REQUEST messages to the DHCPv6 2.001 server or
servers to select an appropriate server that is able to provide the
required services.
You need to set the DHCPV6_ENABLE variable in the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file to a non-zero value to invoke
dhcpv6clientd.
Invoking dhcpv6clientd
To invoke dhcpv6clientd, run the following command on the command
line:
# dhcpv6clientd [-d config_options] [-e number] [-l] [-u
list_of_user_classes] [-v list_of_vendor_classes]
where:
-d Specifies the list of configuration parameters that the
client daemon must request from the server daemon.
-l Enables logging of all messages by dhcpv6clientd to
the /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file.
-e Specifies the vendor’s registered enterprise number as
registered with IANA. You can use this number in the
vendor-class and vendor-specific options while
communicating with the server.
-u Specifies the user-class data used to represent the
client in its communication with the server. This option
can have a maximum length of 16 characters. You can
use multiple -u options to specify multiple values for
the user-class data. Depending on the classes identified
by this option, the server selects the configuration
information for the client. The user-class option is used
to identify the type or category of the client.
-v Specifies the vendor-class data that you must use in
the client’s communication with a server. The
vendor-class data contains a series of distinct items,
each of which describes the client’s hardware
configuration.