Re: I-D Action:draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-03.txt

dhcwg-bounces <at> ietf.org wrote on 04.02.2009 11:30:01:
>
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group

> of the IETF.
>
>
>    Title           : DHCPv6 option for network boot
>    Author(s)       : T. Huth, et al.
>    Filename        : draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-03.txt
>    Pages           : 11
>    Date            : 2009-02-04
>
> The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) provides a
> framework for passing configuration information to nodes on a
> network.  This document describes new options for DHCPv6 which are
> required for booting a node from the network.
>
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
>
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-03.txt

This new version of the draft is now the combined effort to get best out of
both previous drafts, draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-02.txt and
draft-zimmer-dhc-dhcpv6-remote-boot-options-01.txt. Please review and
provide feedback!

There are still some open topics that we currently discuss:

1) How should a client handle multiple replies with boot options from
different servers when doing stateless DHCPv6 ?

2) How to deal best with multiple network interfaces in one machine (try to
boot in parallel? how to handle multiple replies again?)

3) Should there be a way how the client could ask the server for a
supported boot protocol (TFTP, HTTP, iSCSI, ...) and if so how??)

4) Is there still the need for a "Next Server Address" option in certain
boot scenarios (see draft-zimmer-dhc-dhcpv6-remote-boot-options-01.txt)

If somebody has good ideas about one of these topics, please feel free to
share your thoughts!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards,
   Thomas Huth