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DHC Load Balancing Algorithm for DHCPv6
draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-load-balancing-00

The information below is for an old version of the document.
Document Type
This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Expired".
Expired & archived
Author Andre Kostur
Last updated 2013-06-17 (Latest revision 2012-12-14)
Replaces draft-kostur-dhc-loadbv6
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Additional resources Mailing list discussion
Stream WG state WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up
Document shepherd Tomek Mrugalski
IESG IESG state Expired
Consensus boilerplate Unknown
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Abstract

This document proposes a method of algorithmic load balancing for IPv6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6) traffic. It enables multiple, cooperating servers to decide which one should service a client, without exchanging any information beyond initial configuration. The server selection is based on the servers hashing client DHCP Unique Identifiers (DUIDs) when multiple DHCPv6 (DHCPv6) servers are available to service DHCPv6 clients. The proposed technique provides for efficient server selection when multiple DHCPv6 servers offer services on a network without requiring any changes to existing DHCPv6 clients. The same method is proposed to select the target server of a DHCPv6 relay.

Authors

Andre Kostur

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