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
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Prefix Discovery
Prefix Discovery allows a Mobile Node to get network prefix information about its Home
Network and to configure its Home Address if needed. The Home Agent monitors prefix
information from Router Advertisement messages on the Home Network. The Mobile Node
can request prefix information by sending a Mobile Prefix Solicitation message to the Home
Agent.
Multi-Processor Scaling
HP designed and implemented HP-UX Mobile IPv6 for multi-processor scaling in
environments using high-end systems supporting a large number of Mobile Nodes. Scaling the
number of processors increases the number of Kernel-module instances processing IPv6
mobility message headers on the system.
Compatibility with HP-UX IPSec A.02.00
HP-UX IPSec can secure the Mobile IPv6 traffic between the Mobile Node and Home Agent.
Multi-Vendor Interoperability Conformance and Testing
HP tested HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 in multi-vendor environments at the 2004
Connectathon interoperability event. HP also successfully tested HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00
with TAHI conformance suites.
nettl Tool Support
HP enhanced the nettl data packet tracing and formatting tool to support HP-UX Mobile
IPv6. You can use the nettl tool to trace and format Mobile IPv6 Mobility Header and ICMPv6
messages after installing the patch shown below. You can download the patch from the HP IT
Resource Center patch database at http://www.itrc.hp.com:
• PHNE_30451 for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)
Administration and Configuration File Tools
HP-UX Mobile IPv6 includes a command line administration tool, mip6admin, to administer
the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 kernel-resident STREAMS module. mip6admin performs several
critical functions including; starting, stopping, and dynamically-reconfiguring mip6mod.
HP-UX Mobile IPv6 also includes a command line tool, mip6config, to quickly create, edit,
and verify mip6mod Mobile IPv6 configuration files. The mip6config tool verifies mip6mod
configuration parameters you configure and displays error messages after detecting invalid
syntax or values.