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DHCPv6-PD relay route injection - standard?


From: Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 22:27:09 -0400

Is there a standard that defines/recommends behavior for route injection of snooped DHCPv6-PD (or IA, I guess) assignments on routers running relay agents? That is, snooping or otherwise examining a relayed DHCPv6 response for a delegated prefix (or IA, if you want) and installing a quasi-static route toward the relevant next-hop based on the lifetime of the delegation. Typical redistribution can then be used to put it in IGP if you want.

It seems to be a common feature - Cisco ("Relay Agent Notification" on IOS-XE), Juniper ("DHCPv6-PD Route injection" on JunOS), and Arista ("ipv6 dhcp relay install routes" on EOS), and Ruckus ("Relay Agent Prefix Delegation Notification" on FastIron) all seem to support it.

Google has, however, failed me at finding any standard that defines or recommends corresponding behavior. RFC 8415 punts on the issue:

the server may need a protocol or other
out-of-band communication to configure routing information for
delegated prefixes

It would be nice to have some sort of semi-normative behavior to at least refer to if only to use it to prod vendors.
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Brandon Martin


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