TOUR Transition Release Notes (September 2004)(11i v1 and 11i v2)

Transport Optional Upgrade Release Transition Release Notes

Features and Enhancements in the IPv6NCF11i Bundle

connectivity-using a single, fixed IPv6 address for extended periods of time. Without Mobile

IPv6, Mobile Nodes cannot use a single, fixed IPv6 address while they roam. Instead, each

time a Mobile Node moves and changes network attachment points, it must manually

re-configure a new IP address and default router based on its current location-temporarily

losing its network connections and ability to communicate in the process.

HP-UX Mobile IPv6 is:

• server software—not Mobile Node client software

• available on HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2

• based on the following IETF documents available at http://www.ietf.org:

— Mobility Support in IPv6

— Using IPsec to Protect Mobile IPv6 Signaling between Mobile Nodes and Home Agents

The following is a list of the features and functionality HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00.02

provides:

• Home Agent

• Correspondent Node

• Route Optimization

• Return Routability Procedure

• Dynamic Home Agent Address Discovery

• Prefix Discovery

• Multi-Processor Scaling

• Compatibility with HP-UX IPSec A.02.00

• Multi-Vendor Interoperability Conformance and Testing

• nettl Tool Support

• Administration and Configuration File Tools

The following sections provide a brief description of each of the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 features

listed above. Refer to the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Administrator’s Guide for more

information on each feature.

Home Agent

Home Agents are nodes or routers that provide mobility services to Mobile Nodes from their

home network. During Mobile IPv6 basic operation, when a Mobile Node is attached to a

foreign network- any network other than its home network-it gets a temporary Care-of