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Introduction to IPv6

Migrating to IPv6

Migrating to IPv6

To successfully migrate to IPv6 involves maintaining compatibility with the large installed base of IPv4 hosts and routers for the immediate future. To achieve this purpose, software release K.13.01 supports dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) operation and connections to IPv6-aware routers for routing IPv6 traffic between VLANs and across IPv4 networks.

Software release K.13.01 supports traffic connections with IPv6-aware routers, but does not support IPv6 routing operation in the switches covered by this guide.

Beginning with software release K.13.01, the switches covered by this guide support the following IPv6 protocol operations:

receiving IPv6 traffic addressed to the switch

transmitting IPv6 traffic originating on the switch

switching IPv6 traffic between IPv6 devices connected to the switch on the same VLAN

concurrent (dual-stack) operation with IPv4 traffic and devices on the same VLAN

using a connection to an external, IPv6-configured router, forward IPv6 traffic intended for devices on other VLANs and for traffic that must traverse an IPv4 network to reach an IPv6 destination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6/IPv4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCPv6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Router

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6/IPv4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Router

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProCurve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch Running

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release K.13.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProCurve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv4 Network

 

 

 

 

Switch Running

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release K.13.01

 

 

 

H1

 

 

 

H2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6/IPv4

 

 

 

 

H4

 

 

 

 

 

 

H5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6-Capable

 

Router

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNS Server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-1. Dual-Stack ProCurve Switches Employed in an IPv4/IPv6 Network

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