Summary

   


IPv6 is a necessary step forward to satisfy both the imminent exhaustion of available unique addresses with the current IP version 4, and the longer- term development of the Internet and global electronic computer communication. IPv6 increases the number of available addresses to such an extent that they will be sufficient to cater to the hundreds of computers or other devices per square meter of the Earth's surface.

In addition to providing an increased address space, IPv6 offers features such as increased security, classless addressing, more efficient use of broadcasting, guaranteed bandwidth, automatic address discovery, and the capability to accommodate non-IP address formats.

The system manager should be actively doing the following in preparation for the transition to IPv6:

  • Seeking funding to allow the transition to go ahead

  • Arranging suitable training for key staff members

  • Having regular contact with the network manager to stay abreast of developments within his own environment

  • Contacting vendors to ensure that their products either support IPv6 or will do so in the near future

  • Making use of any test networks that might have been established to provide his department staff with the opportunity to become familiar with IPv6

  • Ensuring that the users are kept informed of the planned developments and of any potential effect that it might have on them

  • Planning for the transition to IPv6 and carrying out extensive co-existence testing

IPv6 is a certainty at some point in the future. A company that chooses not to migrate to IPv6 is one that does not intend to participate and benefit from the further development of the Internet.

Further references on IPv6 can found in the Appendix.


   
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Solaris System Management
Solaris System Management (New Riders Professional Library)
ISBN: 073571018X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 101
Authors: John Philcox

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