Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Administrator's Guide

Chapter 5

Administering the Mobile IPv6 Kernel Module with the mip6admin Tool

Overview

HP-UX Mobile IPv6 includes a command line administration tool, mip6admin, to administer the HP-UX

Mobile IPv6 kernel-resident STREAMS module, mip6mod. Do not attempt to interface with mip6mod using

anything other than the mip6admin tool. The mip6admin tool requires super-user permissions, and starts

and conﬁgures mip6mod with /etc/mip6.conf by default.

The following is a list of the several critical functions mip6admin performs:

• starting and stopping mip6mod instances in the Kernel

• reading mip6mod conﬁguration ﬁles and conﬁguring mip6mod

• dynamically-conﬁguring mip6mod (without restarting mip6mod—does not save changes to mip6mod

conﬁguration ﬁle)

• reporting mip6mod and Router Advertisement Daemon information (valuable when troubleshooting

Mobile IPv6)

NOTE The Router Advertisement Daemon must be a Home Agent to support the interface with

mip6admin tool. The mip6admin tool does not interface with the Router Advertisement

Daemon if it is not a Home Agent.

You can run mip6admin by executing mip6admin commands and options from the command line, or you can

start an interactive mip6admin tool session. For example:

mip6admin -flush -bindings

Delete all bindings cache entries? (no): yes

mip6admin

mipadmin> flush -bindings

Delete all bindings cache entries? (no): yes

The mip6admin tool offers the following types of commands:

• commands for starting, stopping, and dynamically-conﬁguring mip6mod

• commands for reporting and resetting mip6mod and rtradvd information

• commands for managing mip6admin sessions

The commands for starting, stopping, and dynamically-conﬁguring mip6mod execute mip6mod instances and

set mip6mod parameters after mip6mod has started. The mip6admin reporting commands are useful for

troubleshooting Mobile IPv6 by listing mip6mod and rtradvd information. The mip6admin session commands

are for managing the mip6admin sessions, for example; quitting an interactive mip6admin session, or getting

help information on mip6admin commands.

You can combine mip6admin commands to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. The mip6admin tool

supports a maximum of 240 characters per command. Do not exceed 60 characters for any argument. Use the

\ character, followed by pressing the enter key, to continue commands over multiple command lines.

NOTE Use the man mip6admin command to view the mip6admin (1M) manpage.