Configuring stateless DHCPv6

After obtaining an IPv6 address/prefix, a device can use stateless DHCPv6 to obtain other configuration parameters from a DHCPv6 server. This application is called stateless DHCPv6 configuration.

With an IPv6 address obtained through stateless address autoconfiguration, a device automatically enables the stateless DHCPv6 function after it receives an RA message with the managed address configuration flag (M flag) set to 0 and with the other stateful configuration flag (O flag) set to 1.

Stateless address autoconfiguration means that a node automatically generates an IPv6 address based on the information obtained through router/prefix discovery. For more information, see "Configuring IPv6 basics."