Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)

Created
2003-11-03
Last Updated
2017-04-26
Note
For the Civic Address Types Registry [RFC4776], please see:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/civic-address-types-registry
Available Formats

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Registries included below

Message Types

Registration Procedure(s)
Standards Action
Reference
[RFC3315]
Available Formats

CSV
Value Description Reference
0 Reserved
1 SOLICIT [RFC3315]
2 ADVERTISE [RFC3315]
3 REQUEST [RFC3315]
4 CONFIRM [RFC3315]
5 RENEW [RFC3315]
6 REBIND [RFC3315]
7 REPLY [RFC3315]
8 RELEASE [RFC3315]
9 DECLINE [RFC3315]
10 RECONFIGURE [RFC3315]
11 INFORMATION-REQUEST [RFC3315]
12 RELAY-FORW [RFC3315]
13 RELAY-REPL [RFC3315]
14 LEASEQUERY [RFC5007]
15 LEASEQUERY-REPLY [RFC5007]
16 LEASEQUERY-DONE [RFC5460]
17 LEASEQUERY-DATA [RFC5460]
18 RECONFIGURE-REQUEST [RFC6977]
19 RECONFIGURE-REPLY [RFC6977]
20 DHCPV4-QUERY [RFC7341]
21 DHCPV4-RESPONSE [RFC7341]
22 ACTIVELEASEQUERY [RFC7653]
23 STARTTLS [RFC7653]
24 BNDUPD [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
25 BNDREPLY [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
26 POOLREQ [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
27 POOLRESP [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
28 UPDREQ [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
29 UPDREQALL [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
30 UPDDONE [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
31 CONNECT [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
32 CONNECTREPLY [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
33 DISCONNECT [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
34 STATE [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
35 CONTACT [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
36-255 Unassigned

Option Codes

Registration Procedure(s)
Expert Review and Standards Action
Expert(s)
Ted Lemon, Bernie Volz, Tomek Mrugalski
Reference
[RFC3315]
Available Formats

CSV
Value Description Reference
0 Reserved
1 OPTION_CLIENTID [RFC3315]
2 OPTION_SERVERID [RFC3315]
3 OPTION_IA_NA [RFC3315]
4 OPTION_IA_TA [RFC3315]
5 OPTION_IAADDR [RFC3315]
6 OPTION_ORO [RFC3315]
7 OPTION_PREFERENCE [RFC3315]
8 OPTION_ELAPSED_TIME [RFC3315]
9 OPTION_RELAY_MSG [RFC3315]
10 Unassigned
11 OPTION_AUTH [RFC3315]
12 OPTION_UNICAST [RFC3315]
13 OPTION_STATUS_CODE [RFC3315]
14 OPTION_RAPID_COMMIT [RFC3315]
15 OPTION_USER_CLASS [RFC3315]
16 OPTION_VENDOR_CLASS [RFC3315]
17 OPTION_VENDOR_OPTS [RFC3315]
18 OPTION_INTERFACE_ID [RFC3315]
19 OPTION_RECONF_MSG [RFC3315]
20 OPTION_RECONF_ACCEPT [RFC3315]
21 OPTION_SIP_SERVER_D [RFC3319]
22 OPTION_SIP_SERVER_A [RFC3319]
23 OPTION_DNS_SERVERS [RFC3646]
24 OPTION_DOMAIN_LIST [RFC3646]
25 OPTION_IA_PD [RFC3633]
26 OPTION_IAPREFIX [RFC3633]
27 OPTION_NIS_SERVERS [RFC3898]
28 OPTION_NISP_SERVERS [RFC3898]
29 OPTION_NIS_DOMAIN_NAME [RFC3898]
30 OPTION_NISP_DOMAIN_NAME [RFC3898]
31 OPTION_SNTP_SERVERS [RFC4075]
32 OPTION_INFORMATION_REFRESH_TIME [RFC4242]
33 OPTION_BCMCS_SERVER_D [RFC4280]
34 OPTION_BCMCS_SERVER_A [RFC4280]
35 Unassigned
36 OPTION_GEOCONF_CIVIC [RFC4776]
37 OPTION_REMOTE_ID [RFC4649]
38 OPTION_SUBSCRIBER_ID [RFC4580]
39 OPTION_CLIENT_FQDN [RFC4704]
40 OPTION_PANA_AGENT [RFC5192]
41 OPTION_NEW_POSIX_TIMEZONE [RFC4833]
42 OPTION_NEW_TZDB_TIMEZONE [RFC4833]
43 OPTION_ERO [RFC4994]
44 OPTION_LQ_QUERY [RFC5007]
45 OPTION_CLIENT_DATA [RFC5007]
46 OPTION_CLT_TIME [RFC5007]
47 OPTION_LQ_RELAY_DATA [RFC5007]
48 OPTION_LQ_CLIENT_LINK [RFC5007]
49 OPTION_MIP6_HNIDF [RFC6610]
50 OPTION_MIP6_VDINF [RFC6610]
51 OPTION_V6_LOST [RFC5223]
52 OPTION_CAPWAP_AC_V6 [RFC5417]
53 OPTION_RELAY_ID [RFC5460]
54 OPTION-IPv6_Address-MoS [RFC5678]
55 OPTION-IPv6_FQDN-MoS [RFC5678]
56 OPTION_NTP_SERVER [RFC5908]
57 OPTION_V6_ACCESS_DOMAIN [RFC5986]
58 OPTION_SIP_UA_CS_LIST [RFC6011]
59 OPT_BOOTFILE_URL [RFC5970]
60 OPT_BOOTFILE_PARAM [RFC5970]
61 OPTION_CLIENT_ARCH_TYPE [RFC5970]
62 OPTION_NII [RFC5970]
63 OPTION_GEOLOCATION [RFC6225]
64 OPTION_AFTR_NAME [RFC6334]
65 OPTION_ERP_LOCAL_DOMAIN_NAME [RFC6440]
66 OPTION_RSOO [RFC6422]
67 OPTION_PD_EXCLUDE [RFC6603]
68 OPTION_VSS [RFC6607]
69 OPTION_MIP6_IDINF [RFC6610]
70 OPTION_MIP6_UDINF [RFC6610]
71 OPTION_MIP6_HNP [RFC6610]
72 OPTION_MIP6_HAA [RFC6610]
73 OPTION_MIP6_HAF [RFC6610]
74 OPTION_RDNSS_SELECTION [RFC6731]
75 OPTION_KRB_PRINCIPAL_NAME [RFC6784]
76 OPTION_KRB_REALM_NAME [RFC6784]
77 OPTION_KRB_DEFAULT_REALM_NAME [RFC6784]
78 OPTION_KRB_KDC [RFC6784]
79 OPTION_CLIENT_LINKLAYER_ADDR [RFC6939]
80 OPTION_LINK_ADDRESS [RFC6977]
81 OPTION_RADIUS [RFC7037]
82 OPTION_SOL_MAX_RT [RFC7083]
83 OPTION_INF_MAX_RT [RFC7083]
84 OPTION_ADDRSEL [RFC7078]
85 OPTION_ADDRSEL_TABLE [RFC7078]
86 OPTION_V6_PCP_SERVER [RFC7291]
87 OPTION_DHCPV4_MSG [RFC7341]
88 OPTION_DHCP4_O_DHCP6_SERVER [RFC7341]
89 OPTION_S46_RULE [RFC7598]
90 OPTION_S46_BR [RFC7598]
91 OPTION_S46_DMR [RFC7598]
92 OPTION_S46_V4V6BIND [RFC7598]
93 OPTION_S46_PORTPARAMS [RFC7598]
94 OPTION_S46_CONT_MAPE [RFC7598]
95 OPTION_S46_CONT_MAPT [RFC7598]
96 OPTION_S46_CONT_LW [RFC7598]
97 OPTION_4RD [RFC7600]
98 OPTION_4RD_MAP_RULE [RFC7600]
99 OPTION_4RD_NON_MAP_RULE [RFC7600]
100 OPTION_LQ_BASE_TIME [RFC7653]
101 OPTION_LQ_START_TIME [RFC7653]
102 OPTION_LQ_END_TIME [RFC7653]
103 DHCP Captive-Portal [RFC7710]
104 OPTION_MPL_PARAMETERS [RFC7774]
105 OPTION_ANI_ATT [RFC7839]
106 OPTION_ANI_NETWORK_NAME [RFC7839]
107 OPTION_ANI_AP_NAME [RFC7839]
108 OPTION_ANI_AP_BSSID [RFC7839]
109 OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_ID [RFC7839]
110 OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_REALM [RFC7839]
111 OPTION_S46_PRIORITY [RFC8026]
112 OPTION_MUD_URL_V6 (TEMPORARY - registered 2016-12-06, expires 2017-12-06) [draft-ietf-opsawg-mud]
113 OPTION_V6_PREFIX64 [RFC-ietf-softwire-multicast-prefix-option-15]
114 OPTION_F_BINDING_STATUS [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
115 OPTION_F_CONNECT_FLAGS [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
116 OPTION_F_DNS_REMOVAL_INFO [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
117 OPTION_F_DNS_HOST_NAME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
118 OPTION_F_DNS_ZONE_NAME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
119 OPTION_F_DNS_FLAGS [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
120 OPTION_F_EXPIRATION_TIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
121 OPTION_F_MAX_UNACKED_BNDUPD [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
122 OPTION_F_MCLT [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
123 OPTION_F_PARTNER_LIFETIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
124 OPTION_F_PARTNER_LIFETIME_SENT [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
125 OPTION_F_PARTNER_DOWN_TIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
126 OPTION_F_PARTNER_RAW_CLT_TIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
127 OPTION_F_PROTOCOL_VERSION [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
128 OPTION_F_KEEPALIVE_TIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
129 OPTION_F_RECONFIGURE_DATA [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
130 OPTION_F_RELATIONSHIP_NAME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
131 OPTION_F_SERVER_FLAGS [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
132 OPTION_F_SERVER_STATE [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
133 OPTION_F_START_TIME_OF_STATE [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
134 OPTION_F_STATE_EXPIRATION_TIME [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
135-142 Unassigned
143 OPTION-IPv6_ADDRESS-ANDSF [RFC6153]
144-65535 Unassigned

Status Codes

Registration Procedure(s)
Standards Action
Reference
[RFC3315]
Available Formats

CSV
Code Name Reference
0 Success [RFC3315]
1 UnspecFail [RFC3315]
2 NoAddrsAvail [RFC3315]
3 NoBinding [RFC3315]
4 NotOnLink [RFC3315]
5 UseMulticast [RFC3315]
6 NoPrefixAvail [RFC3633]
7 UnknownQueryType [RFC5007]
8 MalformedQuery [RFC5007]
9 NotConfigured [RFC5007]
10 NotAllowed [RFC5007]
11 QueryTerminated [RFC5460]
12 DataMissing [RFC7653]
13 CatchUpComplete [RFC7653]
14 NotSupported [RFC7653]
15 TLSConnectionRefused [RFC7653]
16 AddressInUse [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
17 ConfigurationConflict [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
18 MissingBindingInformation [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
19 OutdatedBindingInformation [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
20 ServerShuttingDown [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
21 DNSUpdateNotSupported [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
22 ExcessiveTimeSkew [RFC-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-06]
23-255 Unassigned

DUIDs

Registration Procedure(s)
Standards Action
Reference
[RFC3315]
Available Formats

CSV
Type Description Reference
1 DUID-LLT [RFC3315]
2 DUID-EN [RFC3315]
3 DUID-LL [RFC3315]
4 DUID-UUID [RFC6355]

OPTION_LQ_QUERY option

Registration Procedure(s)
Standards Action
Reference
[RFC5007]
Available Formats

CSV
Code Name Reference
0 Reserved
1 QUERY_BY_ADDRESS [RFC5007]
2 QUERY_BY_CLIENTID [RFC5007]
3 QUERY_BY_RELAY_ID [RFC5460]
4 QUERY_BY_LINK_ADDRESS [RFC5460]
5 QUERY_BY_REMOTE_ID [RFC5460]
6-255 Unassigned

IEEE 802.21 Service Type (MoS DHCPv6 Address and FQDN Sub-Options)

Registration Procedure(s)
Standards Action
Reference
[RFC5678]
Available Formats

CSV
Value Name Reference
0 Reserved [RFC5678]
1 IS [RFC5678]
2 CS [RFC5678]
3 ES [RFC5678]
4-65534 Unassigned
65535 Reserved [RFC5678]

Processor Architecture Types

Registration Procedure(s)
Expert Review
Expert(s)
Vincent Zimmer, Bernie Volz, Tomek Mrugalski
Reference
[RFC5970]
Available Formats

CSV
Type Architecture Name Reference
0x00 0x00 x86 BIOS [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x01 NEC/PC98 (DEPRECATED) [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x02 Itanium [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x03 DEC Alpha (DEPRECATED) [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x04 Arc x86 (DEPRECATED) [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x05 Intel Lean Client (DEPRECATED) [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x06 x86 UEFI [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x07 x64 UEFI [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x08 EFI Xscale (DEPRECATED) [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x09 EBC [RFC5970][RFC4578]
0x00 0x0a ARM 32-bit UEFI [RFC5970]
0x00 0x0b ARM 64-bit UEFI [RFC5970]
0x00 0x0c PowerPC Open Firmware [Thomas_Huth]
0x00 0x0d PowerPC ePAPR [Thomas_Huth]
0x00 0x0e POWER OPAL v3 [Jeremy_Kerr]
0x00 0x0f x86 uefi boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x10 x64 uefi boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x11 ebc boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x12 arm uefi 32 boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x13 arm uefi 64 boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x14 pc/at bios boot from http [Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud]
0x00 0x15 arm 32 uboot [Joseph_Shifflett]
0x00 0x16 arm 64 uboot [Joseph_Shifflett]
0x00 0x17 arm uboot 32 boot from http [Joseph_Shifflett]
0x00 0x18 arm uboot 64 boot from http [Joseph_Shifflett]
0x00 0x19 RISC-V 32-bit UEFI [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1a RISC-V 32-bit UEFI boot from http [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1b RISC-V 64-bit UEFI [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1c RISC-V 64-bit UEFI boot from http [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1d RISC-V 128-bit UEFI [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1e RISC-V 128-bit UEFI boot from http [Dong_Wei]
0x00 0x1f-0xff 0xff Unassigned

Options Permitted in the Relay-Supplied Options Option

Registration Procedure(s)
IETF Review
Reference
[RFC6422]
Available Formats

CSV
Value Description Reference
65 OPTION_ERP_LOCAL_DOMAIN_NAME [RFC6440]

VSS Type Options

Registration Procedure(s)
IETF Review
Reference
[RFC6607]
Note
See the VSS Type Options registry at [http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters]
No registrations at this time.

NTP Time Source Suboptions

Registration Procedure(s)
IETF Review
Reference
[RFC5908]
Available Formats

CSV
Value Name Reference
1 NTP_SUBOPTION_SRV_ADDR [RFC5908]
2 NTP_SUBOPTION_MC_ADDR [RFC5908]
3 NTP_SUBOPTION_SRV_FQDN [RFC5908]

RADIUS Attributes Permitted in DHCPv6 RADIUS Option

Registration Procedure(s)
Expert Review
Expert(s)
Bernie Volz, Tomek Mrugalski
Reference
[RFC7037]
Available Formats

CSV
Type Code Attribute Reference
26 Vendor-Specific [RFC2865]
123 Delegated-IPv6-Prefix [RFC4818]
144 DS-Lite-Tunnel-Name [RFC6519]
168 Framed-IPv6-Address [RFC6911]
169 DNS-Server-IPv6-Address [RFC6911]
171 Delegated-IPv6-Prefix-Pool [RFC6911]
172 Stateful-IPv6-Address-Pool [RFC6911]

Option Codes Permitted in the S46 Priority Option

Registration Procedure(s)
IETF Review
Reference
[RFC8026]
Available Formats

CSV
Option Code S46 Mechanism Reference
64 DS-Lite [RFC6334]
88 DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 [RFC7341]
94 MAP-E [RFC7598]
95 MAP-T [RFC7598]
96 Lightweight 4over6 [RFC7598]

People

ID Name Contact URI Last Updated
[Dong_Wei] Dong Wei mailto:dong.wei&hpe.com 2016-01-12
[Jeremy_Kerr] Jeremy Kerr mailto:jeremy.kerr&au.ibm.com 2014-04-04
[Joseph_Shifflett] Joseph Shifflett mailto:joseph.shifflett&hp.com 2015-04-03
[Samer_El-Haj-Mahmoud] Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud mailto:elhaj&hp.com 2014-06-04
[Thomas_Huth] Thomas Huth mailto:thuth&de.ibm.com 2012-06-06