1. Introducing Novell IPv6 Stack
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Introducing Novell IPv6 Stack
Rinka Singh
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering
Novell, Inc.
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2. Agenda FTB The Novell vision—one Net Novell IPv6 strategy and goals
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Agenda
The Novell vision—one Net
Novell IPv6 strategy and goals
Novell IPv6 implementation
Deployment issues and scenarios
The road ahead
FTB
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Vision…one Net
A world where networks of all types—corporate and public, intranets, extranets, and the Internet—work together as one Net and securely connect employees, customers, suppliers, and partners across organizational boundaries
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4. Novell Vision—IPv6 IPv6 and one Net Large address space
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Novell Vision—IPv6
IPv6 and one Net
Large address
space
Billions of users
Scalability
Manageability
Reliability
Quality of service
Mobility
Security
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5. Vision…one Net Mission
A world where networks of all types—corporate and public, intranets, extranets, and the Internet—work together as one Net and securely connect employees, customers, suppliers, and partners across organizational boundaries
Mission
To solve complex business and technical challenges with Net business solutions that enable people, processes, and systems to work together and our customers to profit from the opportunities of a networked world

7. Novell IPv6 Strategy Evolutionary development Early deployment
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Novell IPv6 Strategy
Evolutionary development
Early deployment
Focus on interoperability
Dual stack and other transition mechanisms
Customer feedback drives releases
NetWare® customers
Application and solution partners
ISVs and software vendors
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8. Novell IPv6 Goals Dual stack on NetWare Enable all Novell products
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Novell IPv6 Goals
Dual stack on NetWare
Enable all Novell products
End-to-end security
Easy deployment, configuration and management
Scalability, availability, and performance
Migration agents and tools for IPv6
Migration agents/tools
NetWare
Server
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9. What’s Available Today
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What’s Available Today
Connection to 6Bone
Interoperability with other IPv6 implementations
Transition mechanism for IPv6 hosts
IPv6 application programming interfaces BSD sockets
Management tools and commands
Ping6
Diagnostic applications
Tools: netstat, route, ifconfig
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10. The Road Ahead IPSec QoS support Multicast support
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The Road Ahead
IPv6 core specifications for an IPv6 LAN
Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6) in NetWare
Various applications
Path mtu discovery
RIPng, OSPF
IPSec
QoS support
Multicast support
Scalability, multi-homing, load balancing, and fault tolerance
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11. IPv6 Deployment IPv6 deployments will be driven by IS needs
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IPv6 Deployment
IPv6 deployments will be driven by IS needs
Shortage of IP addresses for peer-to-peer applications
Compelling applications—some benefits
Auto-configuration of IP hosts
Flexibility to change service providers
Point-to-point security
We will need
Supporting applications be IPv6-enabled
IPv6-based infrastructure (routers, switches)
Support from vendors
IPv6-based clients
Europe and Asia will see the first industrial deployments
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12. IPv6 Deployment—Timeline

13. Deployments—A Timeline
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Deployments—A Timeline
1996
1999
2000
2001
2002
2006
2005
2009
Test beds
Early adopters
Vendors shipped production stacks
Application porting, ISP adoption
1st qtr. 2001
Consumer adoption
1st qtr. 2002
Enterprise adoption
4th qtr. 2002
50% of ISPs by 2006 (Gartner)
IPv6 protocols will mature by 2005 (Gartner)
Ubiquitous deployment
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14. Deployment—Another Perspective
Courtesy Cisco, Inc.

15. Deployment—Yet Another Timeline
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Commercial IPv6 routers available
IPv6 in most OS for developers IPv6 specified for 3G
Many IPv6 apps. available IPv6 operationally viable
Operational 3G Systems
IPv4 address exhaustion
2006
IPv6 timeline
Interworking required
Time
IPv4
IPv6
Total
Volume
2005
2015
1990
Courtesy BT Exact

16. Planning—IPv6 Deployment
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Planning—IPv6 Deployment
Identify the business case for deployment
Identify areas for deployment
Identify risks and issues during deployment
Evaluate ROI
Preserve IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity/transparency
Preserve existing applications vs. replace
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17. Planning—IPv6 Deployment (cont.)
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Planning—IPv6 Deployment (cont.)
Plan, plan, plan
Develop alternative deployment strategies
Develop deployment plans for
Applications
Network equipment and traffic
Roll-out
Performance evaluation and tuning
Training
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18. Interoperability—IPv4 and IPv6
Major interoperability scenarios
Dual-stack techniques
Tunneling techniques
Translation techniques
Some scenarios are
Applications talking to both IPv4 and IPv6 applications
IPv4 applications talking to IPv6 applications
IPv6 connections tunneled through IPv4 networks
Performance and QoS issues

19. Interoperability—Dual Stack
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Interoperability—Dual Stack
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20. Dual Stack and DNS Novell BrainShare 2002
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21. Interoperability—6to4 Tunnels
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Interoperability—6to4 Tunnels
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22. IPv6-Only Infrastructure
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IPv6-Only Infrastructure
When will IPv6 be important enough?
Requires
Full network upgrade
Native IPv6 NM
Enhanced services
IPv4 tunneled through IPv6
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23. Novell: What We Need to Do
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Novell: What We Need to Do
Additional protocols and tools
Routing protocols
Network management protocols and tools
Security protocols and tools
Scalability, multi-homing, load balancing and fault tolerance
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24. Novell: What We Need to Do (cont.)
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Novell: What We Need to Do (cont.)
Enable our applications
Tools: ftp, telnet, etc.
DNS/DHCP
Web server
Directory services
Others
Awareness building
Provide training and support within Novell and to our customers
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25. Work Ahead for IPv6 Implementations are not as advanced as IPv4
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Work Ahead for IPv6
Implementations are not as advanced as IPv4
Deployments have only just begun
Work needs to be done in moving applications, middleware, and management software to IPv6
Some of the advanced features of IPv6 still need specification, implementation, and deployment
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26. Acknowledgements and References
Cisco Inc. -
BT -
References
- IPv6 forum
- Indian chapter of the IPv6 forum - An international v6 test bed
- Test network of ISPs and organizations in EU
- Internet exchange in the UK