Deploying Ipv6 Networks

by Popoviciu, Ciprian; Levy-Abegnoli, Eric; Grossetete, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781587052101
• ISBN10: 1587052105
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-10
• Publisher: Cisco Press

Summary

An essential guide to IPv6 concepts, service implementation, and interoperability in existing IPv4 environments.

Author Biography

Ciprian P. Popoviciu, PhD, CCIE® No. 4499, is a technical leader within the Networked Solutions Integration Test Engineering (NSITE) group at Cisco Systems®. As part of NSITE, Ciprian was the lead on several projects including IPv6 Deployments and Solutions to which he contributed architecture, implementation, and evaluation guidance.

 

Eric Levy-Abegnoli is a technical leader in the IP Technologies Engineering group at Cisco®, where he is the technical lead for IPv6 development in the Cisco IOS Software. Eric has worked with the Cisco IPv6 implementation since 2001 and has been involved in some of the largest IPv6 deployments.

 

Patrick Grossetete, manager of product management at Cisco, is responsible for a suite of Cisco IOS Software technologies including IPv6 and IP Mobility. He is a member of the IPv6 Forum Technical Directorate and manages the participation of Cisco in the Forum.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Implementing IPv6 Services

The Case for IPv6-An Updated Perspective

Unicast Connectivity

Addressing

IPv4 Address Architecture

Private Versus Public Addresses

Static Versus Dynamic Addresses

Renumbering

Network Address Translation

Routing

QoS Services

Multicast Services

Virtual Private Networks

Security

IP Mobility

IPv6 Is an Evolutionary Step

An IPv6 Refresher

IPv6 Addressing

IPv6 Address Representation

IPv6 Address Architecture

IPv6 Unicast Address

IPv6 Anycast Addresses

IPv6 Multicast Addresses

IPv6 and Layer 2 Addressing

IPv6 Addresses Required for an Interface

Configuring IPv6 Addresses in Cisco IOS Routers

IPv6 Addressing Architecture at a Glance

IPv6 Packet Format

IPv6 Versus IPv4 Basic Header Format

IPv6 Extension Headers

Hop-by-Hop Options Header

Destination Options Header

Routing Header

Fragment Header

Authentication Header

Encapsulating Security Payload Header

Mobility Header

Linking Multiple Extension Headers

IPv6 and Data-Link Technologies

Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6

ICMPv6

Error Messages

Destination Unreachable

Time Exceeded

Packet Too Big

Parameter Problem

ICMPv6 Informational Messages

Source Address Selection Algorithm

Conclusion on ICMPv6

Neighbor Discovery Protocol

Protocol Operations Summary

Comparison with IPv4

Router and Prefix Discovery

Address Resolution

Redirecting a Host to a Better Next Hop

Inverse Neighbor Discovery

Proxy Neighbor Discovery

Neighbor Discovery Algorithms

Next-Hop Determination

Default Router Selection

Duplicate Address Detection

Neighbor Unreachability Detection

The State Machine for Reachability

Autoconfiguration

Neighbor Discovery at a Glance

Delivering IPv6 Unicast Services

Overview

IPv6 Provisioning

Host IPv6 Address Provisioning

Stateless Autoconfiguration

Stateful DHCP

Router IPv6 Address Provisioning: Prefix Delegation

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