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

The sortlist Statement.................................................................................................................41
The server Statement..................................................................................................................41
The zone Statement....................................................................................................................42
The view Statement....................................................................................................................43
BOOTP and TFTP Overview.................................................................................................................44
How BOOTP Works.........................................................................................................................44
Address Determination and Bootfile Selection..........................................................................44
File Transfer................................................................................................................................46
DHCP Overview...................................................................................................................................46
Benefits of Using DHCP..................................................................................................................46
DHCP Components and Concepts..................................................................................................46
DHCP Servers.............................................................................................................................46
DHCP Clients.............................................................................................................................47
DHCP Leases..............................................................................................................................47
DHCP Transactions: Basic Operation.........................................................................................47
DHCPv6 Overview...............................................................................................................................49
DHCPv6 Components.....................................................................................................................49
Autoconfiguration...........................................................................................................................49
Ports.................................................................................................................................................50
Multicast Addresses........................................................................................................................50
How DHCPv6 Works......................................................................................................................50
Client/Server Operation.............................................................................................................50
Identifying and Managing IPv6 Addresses...............................................................................52
DHCPv6 Features............................................................................................................................52
Message Types............................................................................................................................52
Multiple IP Address Request.....................................................................................................53
Configuration Parameters from a DHCPv6 Server....................................................................53
Reconfiguration Messages.........................................................................................................53
DHCPv6 Files..................................................................................................................................53
SLP Overview.......................................................................................................................................54
Salient Features................................................................................................................................54
Dynamic Service Tracking..........................................................................................................55
Ease of Administration...............................................................................................................55
Ease of Development..................................................................................................................55
SLP Components.............................................................................................................................55
User Agent..................................................................................................................................55
Service Agent..............................................................................................................................55
Directory Agent..........................................................................................................................55
UDP and Multicast Ports............................................................................................................55
SLP Architecture..............................................................................................................................56
SLP Attributes............................................................................................................................57
Discovering a Directory Agent...................................................................................................57
How SLP Works.........................................................................................................................58
SLP Files................................................................................................................................59
SLP Messages........................................................................................................................59
Assigning Scopes........................................................................................................................60
SLP APIs................................................................................................................................60
The slpd Daemon..................................................................................................................61
Startup Options.....................................................................................................................61
2 Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service........................................63
Creating and Registering a New Domain.............................................................................................63
Configuring the Name Service Switch..................................................................................................64
Choosing Name Servers for Your Domain...........................................................................................64
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