Installing and Configuring DHCPv6 2

Configuring DHCPv6 2.001
Configuring the Client
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The /sbin/dhcpv6config script also checks whether
dhcpv6clientd is already running on the system. If it is not
running, the script invokes the client daemon.
4. The following message is displayed while the script invokes the
client daemon:
Starting dhcpv6clientd . . .”
5. The following message is displayed while the script invokes the
dhcpv6client_ui interface:
Trying to get address(es) for < > . . .
6. Finally, the script invokes dhcpv6db2conf, which updates the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 and /etc/resolv.conf files.
The script obtains one IPv6 address for an interface. For example, to
obtain an IP address for the lan4 interface, edit the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file as follows:
IPV6_SECONDARY_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan4:1
DHCPV6_ENABLE[0]=1
dhcpv6clientd updates the /etc/dhcpv6client.data file with
information obtained from the server.
The dhcpv6db2conf Utility
/usr/bin/dhcpv6db2conf is a utility that interprets the contents of the
/etc/dhcpv6client.data file into a readable format.
You can use dhcpv6db2conf to complete the following tasks:
• List the contents of the client database to the screen.
• Create a set of configuration-staging files or edit the existing
configuration files using the values that the client database contains.
The dhcpv6config script invokes dhcpv6db2conf when the
dhcpv6client.data file has new or updated information.
Alternatively, run the following command on the command line to invoke
dhcpv6db2conf and to specify a list of interfaces:
# dhcpv6db2conf [-a | -c | -p] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-s] [-v]
[lan_interfaces]
where: