RFC 5970

"DHCPv6 Options for Network Boot", September 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5970.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

T. Huth
J. Freimann
V. Zimmer
D. Thaler

Stream:

IETF

Source:

dhc (int)

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Abstract

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) provides a framework for passing configuration information to nodes on a network. This document describes new options for DHCPv6 that SHOULD be used for booting a node from the network. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.