failover batched dhcpbndupd

[Nancy Griffeth]

hi, pearl,
Doesn't the draft say that it MAY send batched updates?
Or is it really just that it MAY accept batched update?

nancy

PEARL ABOTSI wrote:

> Hi,
>      I am using dhcp-3.0.4b2 and I would like to know
> whether dhcpd can accept batched bndupdates from a
> failover partner.  I have looked at the servers using
> ethereal and I only see bndupdate messages containing
> a single update.  It does say in failover draft#7 that
> failover servers MAY accept batched bndupdates so I
> was just wondering if dhcpd accepts them.  I looked in
> failover.c and there is a comment that says accept an
> option only once.
> 
> ****failover.c****
>  /* Only accept an option once. */
>         if (link -> imsg -> options_present &
> ft_options [option_code].bit) {
>                 log_error ("FAILOVER: duplicate option
> %s",
>                            ft_options
> [option_code].name);
>                 return ISC_R_PROTOCOLERROR;
>         }
> 
> ******failover draft#7******
> Multiple binding update transactions MAY be batched
> together in one
>    BNDUPD protocol message with the data sets for the
> individual tran-
>    sactions delimited by the assigned-IP-address
> option, which MUST appear first in the option set for
> each transaction.  Ordering of
>    options between the assigned-IP-address options is
> not significant.
>    This is illustrated in the following schematic
> representation:
> 
>        Non-IP Address/Non-client specific options
> first
>        assigned-IP-address option for the first IP
> address
>            Options pertaining to first address,
> including
>            at least the binding-status option and
> others as
>            required.
>        assigned-IP-address option for the second IP
> address
>            Options pertaining to second address,
> including
>            at least the binding-status option and
> others as
>            required.
> 
>                                                       
>       -Thanks.
> 
>                         
> 
> 
> 
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