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Evolve to IPv6

As leader in the IPv6 community, HP through HP-UX 11i delivers the best implementation of IPv6 with a completeness of solution unmatched by others.

To synchronise their infrastructure with their business needs, enterprises are evolving their network to take advantage of the scalability, security and manageability capabilities that IPv6 offer.

Evolve to IPv6

IPv6 solution from the leader

As leader in the international IPv6 community, HP through HP-UX 11i delivers the best implementation of IPv6 in the industry featuring the latest capabilities, the most thorough transition support for a smooth evolution, and a completeness of solution unmatched by others.
IPv6 solution components from HP-UX 11i
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It is not surprising therefore that the leading deployments of IPv6 in production environments are on HP-UX 11i systems.

IPv6 features available with HP-UX 11i

Some of the IPv6 features available with HP-UX 11i are:
  • Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD): MLD (specified in RFC 2710) is a sub-protocol of ICMPv6. MLD is automatically enabled when an IPv6 interface is initialised. This RFC specifies a protocol that an IPv6 router uses to detect multicast listeners (nodes interested in receiving multicast packets) on its directly attached links. The Management Information Base (MIB) for MLD (defined in RFC 3019) is also supported.
  • Router Advertisement functionality (specified in RFC 2461) is implemented with a new daemon, rtradvd. The rtradvd daemon listens for Router Solicitation and sends Router Advertisement messages on-demand or periodically.
  • IPv6 over FDDI Link Support.

New IPv6 Transition Mechanisms Enhancements:

  • RFC 2473 – Packet Tunnelling in IPv6
  • RFC 2893 – Transition Mechanisms for IPv4 Hosts and Routers
  • RFC 3056 – Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
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HP-UX 11i Internet Protocols                                           

The following are key features of HP-UX 11i IPv6:
  • Smooth transition from IPv4 to IPv6 Dual stacks facilitate IPv6 deployment, allowing existing applications to coexist on both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Application modification is required only when the application needs to take advantage of the features of IPv6.
  • Plug-and-Play address auto-configuration A 'link local' IP address is automatically configured to allow immediate communication with directly connected hosts, printers, or other devices.
  • Security at the IP layer IPv6 has built-in IP security extensions for authentication, data integrity, and data confidentiality – ensured by a standard header extension, for end-to-end encryption at the network layer.
  • Quality-of-service support IPv6 incorporates built in controls that allow network traffic to be prioritised and reserved.
  • Mobility support Auto-configuration, routing headers, destination options, anycast address, encapsulation, security, and flow label management all contribute to IPv6's natural mobility support.
  • Links supported HP-UX 11i IPv6 runs over Ethernet, FDDI, Infiniband and more links.

Supported RFCs include:

  • RFC 1981 – IPv6 PMTU Discovery
  • RFC 2373 – IPv6 Addressing Support
  • RFC 2374 – IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
  • RFC 2375 – IPv6 Multicast Address
  • RFC 2452 – IPv6 MIB for TCP
  • RFC 2460 – IPv6 Specification
  • RFC 2461 – IPv6 Neighbour discovery
  • RFC 2462 – Stateless Autoconfiguration
  • RFC 2463 – ICMPv6 Specification
  • RFC 2464 – Transmission of IPv6 packets over Ethernet Networks
  • RFC 2465 – MIB for IPv6: Textual Conventions
  • RFC 2466 – MIB for IPv6 ICMPv6 Group
  • RFC 2473 – Generic Packet Tunnelling in IPv6 RFC 2893 – Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts (Automatic and Configured Tunnels)
  • RFC 3056 – Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
  • RFC 3376 – Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3)
  • RFC 3484 – Default Address Selection for IP Version 6
  • RFC 3810 – Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2)
  • RFC 4193 – Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
  • RFC 4213 – Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
  • RFC 4291 – IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
  • RFC 4443 – Internet Control Message Protocol for
  • IPv6 (ICMPv6) IPv6 over VLAN
  • Ability to Disable Autoconfiguration Based on Router Advertisements
  • IPv4/IPv6 Dual Stack
  • RFC 3493 – Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6
  • RFC 3542 – Advanced Socket APIs for IPv6
  • RFC 3678 – Socket Interface Extensions for Multicast Source Filters
  • RFC 4584 – Extension to Socket API for Mobile IPv6

Network configuration & testing utilities include:

  • ifconfig, netstat, nslookup, ping, route, nettl, ndd, ndp

Additional feature support includes:

  • DCE RPC
  • lpspool
  • syslogd

IPv6 compliant

HP-UX 11i is a recipient of the IPv6 Ready Logo which indicates that HP-UX 11i is compliant with IPv6 Base Specifications.