[dhcwg] Revised updates for transmisssion and retransmission
Ralph Droms <rdroms@cisco.com> Mon, 17 September 2001 13:51 UTC
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Here is the text for transmission and retransmission, based on Bernies's feedback. I copied come of Bernie's comments back into this text, along with my responses and edited text. Several of Bernie's comments referred to issues that will be addressed by or otherwise depends on the text being generated for IAs. Additional changes to this text will be made once the text for IAs has been finalized. - Ralph 7.5. Configuration Variables This section presents a table of client and server configuration variables and the default or initial values for these variables. BV> Didn't we want to drop this retransmission parameter option BV> since it opens up many cans of worms as per the San Diego IETF? RD> Dropped sentence: "The client-specific variables MAY be configured RD> on the server and MAY be delivered to the client through the "DHCP RD> Retransmission Parameter Option" in a Reply message. Parameter Default Description ------------------------------------- MIN_SOL_DELAY 1 MIN (secs) to delay 1st mesg MAX_SOL_DELAY 5 MAX (secs) to delay 1st mesg ADV_TIMEOUT 500 SOL Retrans timer (msecs) ADV_MAX_RT 30 MAX timer value (secs) SOL_MAX_ATTEMPTS 0 MAX attempts (0 = infinite) REP_TIMEOUT 250 Retrans timer (msecs) for Reply REP_MAX_RT 0 MAX Retrans time (0 = infinite) REQ_MAX_ATTEMPTS 10 MAX Request/Confirm/Renew/Rebind attempts REL_MSG_ATTEMPTS 5 MAX Release/Decline attempts SRVR_PREF_WAIT 2 Advertise Collect timer (secs) 13. Reliability of Client Initiated Message Exchanges DHCP clients are responsible for reliable delivery of messages in the client-initiated message exchanges described in sections 14 and 15. If a DHCP client fails to receive an expected response from a server, the client must retransmit its message. This section describes the retransmission strategy to be used by clients in client-initiated message exchanges. The client begins the message exchange by transmitting a message to the server. The message exchange terminates when either the client successfully receives the appropriate response or responses from a server or servers, or when the message exchange is considered to have failed according to the retransmission mechanism described below. The client retransmission behavior is controlled and describe by five variables: RT Retransmission timeout IRT Initial retransmission time MRC Maximum retransmission count MRT Maximum retransmission time MRD Maximum retransmission duration RAND Randomization factor With each message transmission or retransmission, the client sets RT according to the rules given below. If RT expires before the message exchange terminates, the client recomputes RT and retransmits the message. Each of the computations of a new RT include a randomization factor (RAND), which is a random number chosen with a uniform distribution between -0.1 and +0.1. The randomization factor is included to minimize synchronization of messages transmitted by DHCP clients. The algorithm for choosing a random number does not need to be cryptographically sound. The algorithm SHOULD produce a different sequence of numbers from each invocation of the DHCP client. RT for the first message transmission is based on IRT: RT = IRT + RAND*IRT RT for each subsequent message transmission is based on the previous value of RT: RT = RTprev + RAND*RTprev MRT specifies an upper bound on the value of RT. If MRT has a value of 0, there is no upper limit on the value of RT. Otherwise: if (RT > MRT) RT = MRT + RAND*MRT MRC specifies an upper bound on the number of times a client may retransmit a message. If MRC has a value of 0, the client MUST continue to retransmit the original message until a response is received. Otherwise, the message exchange fails if the client attempts to transmit the original message more than MRC times. MRD specifies an upper bound on the length of time a client may retransmit a message. If MRD has a value of 0, the client MUST continue to retransmit the original message until a response is received. Otherwise, the message exchange fails if the client attempts to transmit the original message more than MRD seconds. BV> Just to be clear, might be good to say that EITHER or BOTH of BV> MRC or MRD can stop retransmissions? In most cases it appears BV> that only one is active, but it is always possible that both BV> could be. RD> Added following paragraph. If both MRC and MRD are non-zero, the message exchange fails whenever either of the conditions specified in the previous paragraph are met. 14. DHCP Server Solicitation This section describes how a client locates servers. The behavior of client and server implementations is discussed, along with the messages they use. [...] 14.3. Client Behavior A client uses the Solicit message to discover DHCP servers configured to serve addresses on the link to which the client is attached. BV> While probably not something that is needed in this section, we BV> really don't have much text to describe the "transaction-ID". All BV> we generally say is to "generate a transaction ID". However, we BV> should make it clear to clients that they should attempt to BV> generate "unique" transaction ids. Unique here is best if it is BV> over a long period of time, but it must be longer than any cache BV> times in servers. Probably the best rule of thumb is for clients BV> to use to generate this number by incrementing it. Then the only BV> issue is what to set it to when (re)booting - especially if there BV> is no means to remember the last used number. RD> Added section 14.3.1 14.3.1. Use of Transaction-ID field The "transaction-ID" field holds a value used by clients and servers to synchronize server responses to client messages. A client SHOULD choose a different transaction-ID for each new message it sends. A client MUST leave the transaction-ID unchanged in retransmissions of messages. 14.3.2. Creation of Solicit messages The client sets the "msg-type" field to SOLICIT. The client generates a transaction ID and inserts this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client includes a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client MUST include options for any IAs to which it wants the server to assign addresses. The client may include addresses in the IAs as a hint to the server about addresses for which the client may have a preference. The client MAY include an Option Request Option in the Solicit message. The client MUST NOT include any other options except those specifically allowed as defined by specific options. 14.3.3. Transmission of Solicit Messages The client sends the Solicit message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client MUST use an address assigned to the interface for which the client is interested in obtaining configuration information as the source address in the IP header of the datagram carrying the Rebind message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client's first Solicit message on the interface MUST be delayed by a random amount of time between MIN_SOL_DELAY and MAX_SOL_DELAY. This random delay desynchronizes clients which start at the same time (e.g., after a power outage). The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT ADV_TIMEOUT MRC 0 MRT ADV_MAX_RT MRD 0 The mechanism in section 13 is modified as follows for use in the transmission of Solicit messages. The message exchange is not terminated by the receipt of an Advertise before ADV_TIMEOUT has BV> ADV_MSG_TIMEOUT doesn't exist. I think you renamed it to BV> ADV_TIMEOUT? ADV_MSG_TIMEOUT is used many times. RD> Fixed all references to ADV_MSG_TIMEOUT elapsed. Rather, the client collects Advertise messages until ADV_TIMEOUT has elapsed. The first RT MUST be selected to be strictly greater than ADV_TIMEOUT by choosing RAND to be strictly greater than 0. BV> Did you mean MRD, not MRT? MRT limits the time of a single BV> retransmission. Also, the "If the DHCP client is otherwise configured" BV> made me re-read the paragraph several times. Perhaps there is a better BV> way to state this? "If the DHCP client is configured with a non-zero BV> MRC or MRD, ...". BV> Oh, might you want to say "SOL_MAX_ATTEMPTS" instead of MRC? RD> Edited text in following paragraph to A DHCP client SHOULD choose MRC and MRD to be 0. If the DHCP client is configured with either MRC or MRD set to a value other than 0, it MUST stop trying to configure the interface if the message exchange fails. After the DHCP client stops trying to configure the interface, it MAY choose to restart the reconfiguration process after some external event, such as user input, system restart, or when the client is attached to a new link. 14.3.4. Receipt of Advertise messages BV> Also, this Retransmit logic is a bit weird beause of SRVR_PREF_WAIT. BV> Does it make sense to state something like "A client only retransmits BV> a Solicit if it fails to receive any Advertises before the retransmission BV> timer expires. If a client receives one or more Advertise messages, it BV> then must wait SRVR_PREF_WAIT seconds from the time of the transmit BV> for any additional Advertise messages before proceeding." RD> Edited following paragraph A client only retransmits a Solicit message if it does not receive an Advertise within SRVR_PREF_WAIT seconds after sending a Solicit message. A client MUST collect Advertise messages for SRVR_PREF_WAIT seconds, unless it receives an Advertise message with a preference value of 255. The preference value is carried in the Preference option (section 19.5). Any Solicit that does not include a Preference option is considered to have a preference value of 0. If the client receives an Advertise message with a preference value of 255, then the client MAY act immediately on that Advertise message without waiting for any more additional Advertise messages. Upon receipt of one or more validated Advertise messages, the client selects one or more Advertise messages based upon the following criteria. - Those Advertise messages with the highest server preference value are preferred over all other Advertise messages. - Within a group of Advertise messages with the same server preference value, a client MAY select those servers whose Advertise messages advertise information of interest to the client. For example, the client may choose a server that returned an advertisement with configuration options of interest to the client. Once a client has selected Advertise message(s), the client will typically store information about each server, such as server preference value, addresses advertised, when the advertisement was received, and so on. Depending on the requirements of the client's invoking user, the client MAY initiate a configuration exchange with the server(s) immediately, or MAY defer this exchange until later. If the client needs to select an alternate server in the case that a chosen server does not respond, the client chooses the server with the next highest preference value. The client MAY choose a less-preferred server if that server has a better set of advertised parameters, such as the available addresses advertised in IAs. [...] 15. DHCP Client-Initiated Configuration Exchange [...] 15.3. Client Behavior [...] 15.3.1. Creation and transmission of Request messages If the client is using stateful address configuration and needs either an initial set of addresses or additional addresses, it MUST send a Request message to obtain new addresses and other configuration information. The client includes one or more IAs in the Request message, to which the server assigns new addresses. The server then returns IA(s) to the client in a Reply message. The client generates a transaction ID and inserts this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client places the address of the destination server in the "server-address" field. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client adds any other appropriate options, including one or more IA options (if the client is requesting that the server assign it some network addresses). The list of addresses in each included IA MUST be empty. If the client is not requesting that the server assign it any addresses, the client omits the IA option. If the client has a source address that can be used by the server as a return address and the client has received a Client Unicast option (section 19.12) from the server, the client SHOULD unicast the Request message to the server. Otherwise, the client sends the Request message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client MUST use an address assigned to the interface for which the client is interested in obtaining configuration information as the source address in the IP header of the datagram carrying the Rebind message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC REQ_MAX_ATTEMPTS MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 If the message exchange fails, the client MAY choose one of the following actions: - Select another server from a list of servers known to the client; e. g., servers that responded with an Advertise message - Initiate the server discovery described in section 14 - Terminate the configuration process and report failure 15.3.2. Creation and transmission of Confirm messages Whenever a client may have moved to a new link, its IPv6 addresses and other configuration information may no longer be valid. Examples of times when a client may have moved to a new link include: o The client reboots o The client is physically disconnected from a wired connection o The client returns from sleep mode o The client using a wireless technology changes cells In any situation when a client may have moved to a new link, the client MUST initiate a Confirm/Reply message exchange. The client includes any IAs, along with the addresses associated with those IAs, in its Confirm message. Any responding servers will indicate the acceptability of the addresses with the status in the IA it returns to the client. The client sets the "msg-type" field to CONFIRM. The client generates a transaction ID and inserts this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client sets the "server-address" field to 0. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client adds any appropriate options, including one or more IA options (if the client is requesting that the server confirm the validity of some network addresses). If the client does include any IA options, it MUST include the list of addresses the client currently has associated with that IA. The client MUST use an address assigned to the interface for which the client is interested in obtaining configuration information as the source address in the IP header of the datagram carrying the Rebind message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC REQ_MSG_ATTEMPTS MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 If the message exchange fails, the client MUST restart the configuration process by locating a DHCP server as described in section 14. The client SHOULD report the failure of the configuration process to the application layer. 15.3.3. Creation and transmission of Renew messages IPv6 addresses assigned to a client through an IA use the same preferred and valid lifetimes as IPv6 addresses obtained through stateless autoconfiguration. The server assigns preferred and valid lifetimes to the IPv6 addresses it assigns to an IA. To extend those lifetimes, the client sends a Renew message to the server containing an "IA option" for the IA and its associated addresses. The server determines new lifetimes for the addresses in the IA according to the server's administrative configuration. The server may also add new addresses to the IA. The server may remove addresses from the IA by setting the preferred and valid lifetimes of those addresses to zero. The server controls the time at which the client contacts the server to extend the lifetimes on assigned addresses through the T1 and T2 parameters assigned to an IA. If the server does not assign an explicit value to T1 or T2 for an IA, T1 defaults to 0.5 times the shortest preferred lifetime of any address assigned to the IA and T2 defaults to 0.875 times the shortest preferred lifetime of any address assigned to the IA. At time T1 for an IA, the client initiates a Request/Reply message exchange to extend the lifetimes on any addresses in the IA. The client includes an IA option with all addresses currently assigned to the IA in its Request message. The client sets the "msg-type" field to RENEW. The client generates a transaction ID and inserts this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client places the address of the destination server in the "server-address" field. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client adds any appropriate options, including one or more IA options (if the client is requesting that the server extend the lease on some IAs; note that the client may check the status of other configuration parameters without asking for lease extensions). If the client does include any IA options, it MUST include the list of addresses the client currently has associated with that IA. If the client has a source address that can be used by the server as a return address and the client has received a Client Unicast option (section 19.12) from the server, the client SHOULD unicast the Renew message to the server. Otherwise, the client sends the Renew message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client MUST use an address assigned to the interface for which the client is interested in obtaining configuration information as the source address in the IP header of the datagram carrying the Rebind message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC 0 MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 The mechanism in section 13 is modified as follows for use in the transmission of Renew messages. The message exchange is terminated when time T2 is reached (see section 15.3.4), at which time the client begins a Rebind message exchange. 15.3.4. Creation and transmission of Rebind messages At time T2 for an IA (which will only be reached if the server to which the Renew message was sent at time T1 has not responded), the client initiates a Rebind/Reply message exchange. The client includes an IA option with all addresses currently assigned to the IA in its Rebind message. The client sends this message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client sets the "msg-type" field to REBIND. The client generates a transaction ID inserts this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client sets the "server-address" field to 0. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client adds any appropriate options, including one or more IA options. If the client does include any IA options (if the client is requesting that the server extend the lease on some IAs; note that the client may check the status of other configuration parameters without asking for lease extensions), it MUST include the list of addresses the client currently has associated with that IA. The client MUST use an address assigned to the interface for which the client is interested in obtaining configuration information as the source address in the IP header of the datagram carrying the Rebind message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC 0 MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 The mechanism in section 13 is modified as follows for use in the transmission of Renew messages. The message exchange is terminated when the lease for the IA expires (see section 11), at which time the client has several alternative actions to choose from: - When the lease on the IA expires, the client may choose to use a Solicit message to locate a new DHCP server and send a Request for the expired IA to the new server - Some addresses in the IA may have lifetimes that extend beyond the lease of the IA, so the client may choose to continue to use those addresses; once all of the addresses have expired, the client may choose to locate a new DHCP server - The client may have other addresses in other IAs, so the client may choose to discard the expired IA and use the addresses in the other IAs 15.3.5. Receipt of Reply message in response to a Request, Confirm, Renew or Rebind message [...] 15.3.6. Creation and transmission of Release messages The client sets the "msg-type" field to RELEASE. The client generates a transaction ID and places this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client places the IP address of the server that allocated the address(es) in the "server-address" field. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client includes options containing the IAs it is releasing in the "options" field. The addresses to be released MUST be included in the IAs. The appropriate "status" field in the options MUST be set to indicate the reason for the release. The client MUST NOT use any of the addresses in the IAs in the message as the source address in the Release message or in any subsequently transmitted message. If the client has a source address that can be used by the server as a return address and the client has received a Client Unicast option (section 19.12) from the server, the client SHOULD unicast the Release message to the server. Otherwise, the client sends the Release message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client MUST use an address for the interface to which the IAs in the Release message are assigned as the source address for the Release message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. A client MAY choose to wait for a Reply message from the server in response to the Release message. If the client does wait for a Reply, the client MAY choose to retransmit the Release message. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC REL_MSG_ATTEMPTS MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 The client MUST abandon the attempt to release addresses if the Release message exchange fails. The client MUST stop using all of the addresses in the IA(s) being released as soon as the client begins the Release message exchange process. If an IA is released but the Reply from a DHCP server is lost, the client will retransmit the Release message, and the server may respond with a Reply indicating a status of "Nobinding". Therefore, the client does not treat a Reply message with a status of "Nobinding" in a Release message exchange as if it indicates an error. Note that if the client fails to release the IA, the addresses assigned to the IA will be reclaimed by the server when the lease associated with it expires. 15.3.7. Receipt of Reply message in response to a Release message Upon receipt of a valid Reply message, the client can consider the Release event successful, and SHOULD return the successful status to the application layer, if an application initiated the release. 15.3.8. Creation and transmission of Decline messages The client sets the "msg-type" field to DECLINE. The client generates a transaction ID and places this value in the "transaction-ID" field. The client places the IP address of the server that allocated the address(es) in the "server-address" field. The client adds a DUID option to identify itself to the server. The client includes options containing the IAs it is declining in the "options" field. The addresses to be released MUST be included in the IAs. The appropriate "status" field in the options MUST be set to indicate the reason for declining the address. The client MUST NOT use any of the addresses in the IAs in the message as the source address in the Decline message or in any subsequently transmitted message. If the client has a source address that can be used by the server as a return address and the client has received a Client Unicast option (section 19.12) from the server, the client SHOULD unicast the Decline message to the server. Otherwise, the client sends the Decline message to the All_DHCP_Agents multicast address. The client MUST use an address for the interface to which the IAs in the Release message are assigned as the source address for the Decline message, with the destination port set to 547. The source port selection can be arbitrary, although it SHOULD be possible using a client configuration facility to set a specific source port value. The client transmits the message according to section 13, using the following parameters: IRT REP_TIMEOUT MRC REL_ATTEMPTS MRT REP_MAX_RT MRD 0 The client MUST abandon the attempt to decline addresses if the Decline message exchange fails. 15.3.9. Receipt of Reply message in response to a Decline message Upon receipt of a valid Reply message, the client can consider the Decline event successful. [...] _______________________________________________ dhcwg mailing list dhcwg@ietf.org http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg