HP-UX IPv6 Porting Guide (February 2007)

IPv6 Addressing
Comparing IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses
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IPv6 addresses are classless, using Classless Internet Domain Registry CIDR format. The
prefix follows the IPv6 address (<IPv6 addr>”/”<prefix>) and denotes the size of a subnet.
Example: 8:7:6:5:4:3:2:1/16
::ffff:10.9.8.7 Combined hex and decimal format
Table 2-1 (Continued)