IPv6 Application Services DHCPv6
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Foreword
The IPv6 architecture has led to the redesign of many aspects of network o
peration. One such design change involves Neighbor Discovery, which in it
self now defines a means for Stateless Address Auto-configuration (SLAAC)
. DHCP for IPv6 (DHCPv6) includes a number of design changes that includ
es support for both SLAAC and stateful IPv6 addressing. DHCPv6 remains a
client/server based application layer protocol, however includes a significan
t number of changes to align with the design aspects of IPv6. As such, DHC
Pv6 stateful and stateless implementations and characteristics are explaine
d.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the features of DHCPv6.
Explain the stateful and stateless behavior of DHCPv6.
Successfully configure DHCPv6 services.
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DHCPv6
IPv6 Client
DHCPv6 Server
SWA UDP
Port 547
IPv6 Client
Port 546
Represents a stateful address auto-configuration protocol.
UDP based communication between client and server.
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Stateful Addressing
RTA
Router Advertisement (RA)
M=1
O=1 DHCPv6 Server
IPv6 Client
RA contains managed (M) and other (O) configuration flags.
Stateful addressing (DHCPv6) used where flags are set to ‘1’.
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Enabling DHCPv6 Communication
DHCPv6 Server
IPv6 Client
FF02::1:2
fe80::20ac:3e96:eaf4/64
All DHCP Relay Agents & Servers
Link-local addresses are used as source address by clients, and DHCP serve
rs reached via the multicast address FF02::1:2.
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Assigning IPv6 Addressing
Client Server
Port 546 Port 547
Solicit
Advertise
Request
Reply
Discovery of servers and assignment of IPv6 addresses & configuration par
ameter relies on a set of four messages.
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Stateless Configuration Information
Client Server
Information-request
Reply
Information-request used when IPv6 addressing not required.
Reply used to deliver configuration parameters.
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DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID
DUID: 00:01:00:06:51:81:03:c0:f0:de:f1:b8:e1:4d
IAID: 343516489 DUID: 00:03:00:01:00:e0:fc:03:14:f1
FF02::1:2
All DHCP Relay
Agents & Servers
IAID: 321334513
DUID: 00:01:00:06:50:e2:97:80:f8:1d:4f:a6:21:7f
Unique identifier of clients & servers in the DHCP community.
Parameters bound to each DUID using Identity Associations (IA).
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Setting the DHCP DUID
RTA
[RTA]dhcpv6 duid ll
Warning: The DHCP unique identifier should be globally-unique and
stable. Are you sure to change it? [Y/N]y
Enables assignment of either the DUID-LL or DUID-LLT format.
The DUID-LL format is assigned by default.
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IPv6 Address Pool
RTA
[RTA]dhcpv6 pool pool1
[RTA-dhcpv6-pool-pool1]address prefix 3000::/64
[RTA-dhcpv6-pool-pool1]excluded-address 3000::1
[RTA-dhcpv6-pool-pool1]dns-server 3001::1
[RTA-dhcpv6-pool-pool1]dns-domain-name huawei.com
DHCPv6 parameters are assigned for each address pool.
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Enable DHCPv6 Server
RTA
G0/0/0
[RTA]ipv6
[RTA]dhcp enable
[RTA]interface GigabitEthernet 0/0/0
[RTA-GigabitEthernet0/0/0]ipv6 enable
[RTA-GigabitEthernet0/0/0]ipv6 address 3000::1/64
[RTA-GigabitEthernet0/0/0]dhcpv6 server pool1
Address pool is associated with the DHCPv6 server interface.
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Displaying DHCPv6 Information
<RTA>display dhcpv6 pool
DHCPv6 pool: pool1
Address prefix: 3000::/64
Lifetime valid 172800 seconds, preferred 86400 seconds
2 in use, 0 conflicts
Excluded-address 3000::1
Information refresh time: 86400
DNS server address: 3001::1
Domain name: huawei.com
Conflict-address expire-time: 172800
Active normal clients: 2
Configured pools, pool based parameters, and client activity are referenced
under the display dhcp pool command.
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Summary
Which DUID formats are currently supported within VRP?
If the M and O bits of a Router Advertisement (RA) are set to 1, what action is ta
ken by the client?
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