About configuring DHCPv6–Relay

Beginning with software release K.15.01, the routing switches include operation as DHCPv6 relay agents between DHCPv6 servers and clients.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv6) is used for configuring clients with IPv6 address and other configuration parameters without user intervention on the client. Where a DHCPv6 server and a client exist on the same local network, the client's requests for service are received directly by the DHCPv6 server, and a relay agent is not needed. However, if a client and the DHCPv6 server available to support it are in different networks, or subnets, a DHCPv6 relay agent is needed to forward client service requests to the server and to relay server responses back to the client. (The DHCPv6 relay agent is transparent to the client.)