HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator's Guide (October 2009)

NOTE: You need to complete these steps only once, when you install the DHCPv6 client.
The dhcpv6client_ui Interface
The /usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui user interface enables you to communicate with the client
daemon to obtain IP addresses and other configuration parameters from the server.
Figure 5-1 depicts how a client communicates with the DHCPv6 server via dhcpv6client_ui.
Figure 5-1 dhcpv6client_ui Interface
dhcpv6client_ui helps you do the following:
• Obtain only IP addresses from the server.
• Obtain multiple IP addresses for an interface.
• Obtain IP addresses with other configuration parameters.
• Release unused IP addresses obtained from the server.
To invoke dhcpv6client_ui, run the following command on the command line:
# /usr/bin/dhcpv6client_ui [-m interface_name] [-[t|T]]
[-o config_options] [-I] [-s vendor_specific_options] [-R]
[-r interface_name [-v]
where,
-m
Specifies the interface for which you must obtain IPv6 addresses and other configuration
parameters.
-o
Specifies the list of configuration parameters.
-s
Specifies the list of vendor-specific options that the client daemon must request from the
server daemon. You must use this option in conjunction with the -m option.
-R Notifies the client to use the unused IP addresses stored in the /etc/dhcpv6client.data
file instead of requesting new IP addresses from the server.
-r
Specifies the interface that receives the released IP addresses.
-v
Prints the version information of the client daemon.
-t
Gets the temporary IPv6 addresses from the DHCPv6 client daemon.
-T
Gets both temporary and permanent IPv6 addresses from the client daemon.
-I
Request only the configuration parameters. Do not get IPv6 addresses.
If you do not specify the -t or -T, dhcpv6client_ui obtains only permanent IPv6 addresses.
136 Configuring DHCPv6