Chapter 32 IPv6 Support on the Cisco ASR 901 Router

Information About IPv6 Support on the Cisco ASR 901 Router

Routing Protocols

The Cisco ASR 901 router supports widely deployed routing protocols such as IS-IS, OSPFv3, and multiprotocol BGP.

IS-IS Enhancements for IPv6

IS-IS in IPv6 functions the same as in IPv4 and offers many of the same benefits as IS-IS in IPv4. IPv6 enhancements to IS-IS allow IS-IS to advertise IPv6 prefixes in addition to IPv4 and OSI routes. Extensions to the IS-IS command-line interface (CLI) allow configuration of IPv6-specific parameters. IPv6 IS-IS extends the address families supported by IS-IS to include IPv6, in addition to OSI and IPv4.

For more information on IS-IS Enhancements for IPv6, see the following document:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/15-2mt/ip6-is-is.html

OSPFv3 for IPv6

OSPF is a routing protocol for IP. It is a link-state protocol. A link-state protocol makes its routing decisions based on the states of the links that connect source and destination machines. The state of a link is a description of that interface, and its relationship to its neighboring networking devices. The interface information includes the IPv6 prefix of the interface, the network mask, the type of network it is connected to, the devices connected to that network, and so on. This information is propagated in various type of link-state advertisements (LSAs).

For more information on OSPFv3 for IPv6, refer the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/15-2mt/ip6-ospf.html

Multiprotocol BGP Extensions for IPv6

Multiprotocol BGP is the supported exterior gateway protocol (EGP) for IPv6. Multiprotocol BGP extensions for IPv6 support many of the same features and functionality as IPv4 BGP. IPv6 enhancements to multiprotocol BGP include support for an IPv6 address family and network layer reachability information (NLRI) and next hop (the next router in the path to the destination) attributes that use IPv6 addresses.

For more information on Multiprotocol BGP Extensions for IPv6, refer the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/15-2mt/ip6-mptcl-bgp.html

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for IPv6

The BFDv6 is a detection protocol designed to provide fast forwarding path failure detection times for all media types, encapsulations, topologies, and routing protocols. In addition to fast forwarding path failure detection, BFD provides a consistent failure detection method for network administrators. BFDv6 provides IPv6 support by accommodating IPv6 addresses and provides the ability to create BFDv6 sessions.

For more information on Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for IPv6, refer the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/15-2mt/ip6-bfd.html

 

 

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