Overview of Solaris DHCP Data Access Architecture

This chapter presents an overview of the architecture of the Solaris Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service introduced in the Solaris 8 7/01 operating environment. This overview can help you see where your work will fit into the architecture.

For general information about the Solaris DHCP service, see Chapter 12, About Solaris DHCP (Overview), in System Administration Guide: IP Services.

The following topics are included:

• Modular Framework

• DHCP Server Multithreading

• Data Access Layers

• The Framework Configuration Layer

• The Service Provider Layer API

• Data Store Containers