HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Administrator's Guide

Chapter 3
Getting Started with HP-UX Mobile IPv6
HP-UX Mobile IPv6 Deployment Components
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The Mobile IPv6 Kernel Module Configuration File: /etc/mip6.conf
The HP-UX Mobile IPv6 Kernel-resident STREAMS Module configuration file, /etc/mip6.conf by default,
contains several configuration parameters for controlling mip6mod. The mip6admin tool reads mip6mod
configuration files and configures mip6mod. After configuring the parameters in the mip6mod Mobile IPv6
configuration file, use the mip6admin tool to stop and start mip6mod with the configuration files and activate
the configuration.
The mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration file contains a series of lines listing each mip6mod parameter. Each
mip6mod configuration parameter has a default value that is used for invalid or unconfigured (empty)
parameters. Preceding each mip6mod parameters are # comment # lines describing each parameter and
indicating its default value.
NOTE Use the man mip6mod.conf command to view the mip6.conf(4) manpage.
The following is a list of the groups of mip6mod parameters in mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration files:
• mip6mod General Parameters
• mip6mod Binding Cache Parameters
• mip6mod Error Rate Parameters
Use the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 Configuration File Tool, mip6config, to quickly create, edit, and verify mip6mod
Mobile IPv6 configuration files. The HP-UX IPv6 Router Advertisement Daemon configuration file,
/etc/rtradvd.conf by default, configures a system as a Home Agent—not the mip6mod Mobile IPv6
configuration file.
NOTE An example mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration file is included with the product at
/usr/examples/mipv6/mip6.conf.
Example mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration files for different topologies are included in this
Administrator’s Guide in Appendix A, “Example Configuration Files,” on page 99.
The following is a list and description of all the mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration file parameters. The
format for the following is:
For Example: mip6mod Parameter Group
mip6mod-configuration-parameter
Description of mip6mod-configuration-parameter, including default value.
mip6mod General Parameters
log-level The mip6mod logging level. When you specify a log level, mip6mod logs messages for that
level and all levels above it in the logging hierarchy. For example, mip6mod logs Warn,
Error, and Alert messages if you configure the log level as Warn. The highest level in the
logging hierarchy is Alert; the lowest level is Debug. The default value for log level is
Error. The following is a list of the levels in the mip6mod logging hierarchy:
alert Logs messages for critical conditions requiring immediate attention, for
example, exceeding memory space.
error Logs messages for error conditions, for example, when the binding cache
reaches maximum capacity.