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Working With DHCP in Oracle Solaris 11.1     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

1.  About DHCP (Overview)

2.  Administering the ISC DHCP Service

3.  Configuring and Administering the DHCP Client

About the DHCP Client

The DHCP Administrative Model

MAC Address and Client ID

Differences Between DHCPv4 and DHCPv6

DHCP Protocol Details

Logical Interfaces

Option Negotiation

Configuration Syntax

DHCP Client Startup

DHCPv6 Communication

How DHCP Client Protocols Manage Network Configuration Information

How the DHCPv4 Client Manages Network Configuration Information

How the DHCPv6 Client Manages Network Configuration Information

DHCP Client Shutdown

Enabling and Disabling a DHCP Client

How to Enable a DHCP Client

How to Disable a DHCP Client

DHCP Client Administration

ipadm Command Options Used With the DHCP Client

Setting DHCP Client Configuration Parameters

For DHCPv4

For DHCPv4 and DHCPv6

DHCP Client Systems With Multiple Network Interfaces

DHCPv4 Client Host Names

How to Enable a DHCPv4 Client to Request a Specific Host Name

DHCP Client Systems and Name Services

DHCP Client Event Scripts

4.  DHCP Commands and Files (Reference)

Index

DHCP Client Administration

The DHCP client software does not require administration under normal system operation. The dhcpagent daemon automatically starts when the system boots, renegotiates leases, and stops when the system shuts down. You should not manually start and stop the dhcpagent daemon directly. Instead, as superuser on the client system, you can use the ipadm command to affect dhcpagent's management of the network interface, if necessary.

ipadm Command Options Used With the DHCP Client

This section summarizes the command options, which are documented in the ipadm(1M) man page.

The ipadm command enables you to do the following:


Note - Currently, the ipadm command has no equivalent functionality for the ifconfig [inet6] interface status command.


Setting DHCP Client Configuration Parameters

The /etc/default/dhcpagent file on the client system contains tunable parameters for the dhcpagent. You can use a text editor to change several parameters that affect client operation. The /etc/default/dhcpagent file is well documented, so for more information, you should refer to the file as well as to the dhcpagent(1M) man page.

By default, the DHCP client is configured as follows:

For DHCPv4

For DHCPv4 and DHCPv6