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RFC 6607
Virtual Subnet Selection Options for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6,April 2012
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 3046
- Authors:
- K. Kinnear
R. Johnson
M. Stapp - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- dhc (int)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6607
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Abstract
This memo defines a DHCPv4 Virtual Subnet Selection (VSS) option, aDHCPv6 VSS option, and the DHCPv4 VSS and VSS-Control sub-optionscarried in the DHCPv4 Relay Agent Information option. These areintended for use by DHCP clients, relay agents, and proxy clients insituations where VSS information needs to be passed to the DHCPserver for proper address or prefix allocation to take place.
For the DHCPv4 option and Relay Agent Information sub-options, thismemo documents and extends existing usage as per RFC 3942. This memoupdates RFC 3046 regarding details relating to the copying of sub-options (see Section 8).
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.