DHCPv6 2.002/.003 Release Notes

Announcement
DHCPv6 is an extension of DHCPv4 that defines a protocol for passing configuration
information to hosts on a network. The key objective of DHCPv6 is to support IPv6,
the next generation Internet protocol. DHCPv6 automatically allocates reusable network
addresses and reduces the cost of managing IPv6 nodes in environments where
administrators need more control over the allocation of IPv6 addresses. DHCPv6
manages network resources such as IP addresses and server addresses like Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP), Domain Name System (DNS), Network Information Service
(NIS), and Network Information Service plus (NIS+), at a centralized location.
DHCPv6 2.002/.003 is based on RFC 3315 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
(DHCPv6)). DHCPv6 2.002 is available on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system as a Web
upgrade, and DHCPv6 2.003 is available on the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system as a
Web upgrade.
IMPORTANT: DHCPv6 v1.001 was the first Web upgrade release of DHCPv6 on the
HP-UX 11i v1 operating system and was based on the DHCPv6 draft version 18.
What Is in This Version
DHCPv6 2.002/.003 does not include any new feature and contains only defect fixes.
For information on the defect fixes, see “Defects Fixed in This Release” (page 14).
Removed Options
In order for DHCPv6 2.002/.003 to comply with RFC 3315, certain tags and options are
removed in the following DHCPv6 2.002/.003 utilities and daemon:
• Following are the unsupported tags in the /usr/sbin/dhcpv6d daemon:
□ The following tags are removed in the DHCP_CLIENT_DEFAULT_SETTINGS
section:
– SLP-DA-address
– SLP-scope-list
– POSIX-time-zone
– NTP-server address
□ The following message transaction configuration values are removed:
– min-sol-delay
– max-sol-delay
– adv-msg-timeout
– adv-msg-max
– sol-max-attempts
– rep-msg-timeout
– req-msg-attempts
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