dhcp split on secondary?

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> if the secondary failover peer does not get the "split" option in
> its configuration, how does it know if it is responsible for a
> given client?

The hash bucket assignment (hba), which is generated from the "split"
option on the primary, is transmitted to the secondary in the CONNECT
message.

See draft-ietf-dhc-failover-12.txt section 7.8, "CONNECT message".

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no