The IESG has received a request from the Dynamic Host Configuration WG (dhc) to consider the following document: - 'DHCPv6 Failover Protocol' <draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol-03.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-01-19. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract DHCPv6 as defined in "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)" (RFC3315) does not offer server redundancy. This document defines a protocol implementation to provide DHCPv6 failover, a mechanism for running two servers with the capability for either server to take over clients' leases in case of server failure or network partition. It meets the requirements for DHCPv6 failover detailed in "DHCPv6 Failover Requirements" (RFC7031). The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-failover-protocol/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
