Riverstone Networks 6850 manual IPV6 SUPPORT

IPV6 SUPPORT

Leading industry analysts, such as Gartner Group and Burton, have indicated that IPv6 will be a requirement for enterprise networks in the near future. By including it now, a network manager extends the life of existing equipment and prevents future expenses from upgrading to IPv6.

The OmniSwitch 6850 family provides full IPv6 support with hardware-based forwarding for wire-rate speeds, classification and tunneling to address various corporate and U.S. federal government Department of Defense (DoD) requirements for IPv6.

Flexibility is provided through a choice of deploying IPv4, IPv6, or IPv4/IPv6 without compromising switch performance. The OS6850s offer both native IPv6 routing and extensive support of IPv6 tunneling mechanisms, including configured, 6-in-4, and ISATAP tunneling.

IPv6 will eventually be a requirement for enterprise networks. By including it in current purchases, a network manager extends the life of existing equipment and prevents future expenses.

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