DUID

A DHCP unique identifier (DUID) uniquely identifies a DHCPv6 device (DHCPv6 client, server, or relay agent). A DHCPv6 device adds its DUID in a sent packet.

The DUID falls into many types. The device supports only the DUID based on link-layer address (DUID-LL) defined in RFC 3315.

Figure 59 shows the DUID-LL format, where:

Figure 59: DUID-LL format