SMF Services Used by the DHCP Service

The following table lists the SMF services associated with DHCP.

Table 4-3 SMF Services Used by DHCP Daemons and Commands

SMF Service Name	Description
`svc:/network/dhcp-server:default`	Contains information for the legacy Sun DHCP service.
`svc:/network/dhcp/server:ipv4` `svc:/network/dhcp/server:ipv6`	Contains information for the ISC DHCP service.
`svc:/network/dhcp/relay:ipv4` `svc:/network/dhcp/relay:ipv6`	Contains information for the service that can relay DHCP or BOOTP requests to a remote ISC DHCP server.
`svc:/network/dns/client`	Contains information used to resolve DNS queries. During DHCP server configuration, this SMF service is consulted for information about the DNS domain and DNS server.
`svc:/system/name-service/switch`	Specifies the location of name service databases and the order in which to search name services for various kinds of information. This service provides accurate configuration information when you configure a DHCP service.

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