HP-UX IPv6 Transport Administrator Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5992-6426, May 2013)
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX IPv6 Transport Administrator Guide
- Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Features Overview
- IPv6 Transport
- New IPv6 Transport Features
- Support for RFC 3542 (Advanced Sockets API for IPv6)
- Configurable Policy Table Support
- Anycast Address Support
- Support for RFC 4291 (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture)
- Support for RFC 4213 (Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers)
- Support for RFC 3484 (Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6))
- Support for RFC 3493 (Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6)
- Support for RFC 4584 (Extension to Sockets API for Mobile IPv6)
- Support for RFC 4193 (Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses)
- Support for RFC 4443 (Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 (ICMPv6))
- Support for IPv6 over VLAN
- Ability to Disable Autoconfiguration Based on Router Advertisements
- Support for RFC 3810 (Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2))
- Support for RFC 3376 (Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3))
- Support for RFC 3678 (Socket Extension to Multicast Source Filter API)
- Support for RFC 4941 (Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6)
- New ndd Tunables
- IPv6 Transport Features Available in the Core HP-UX 11i v3 Operating System
- Limitations
- IPv6 Transport
- 2 Configuration
- Configuring IPv6 Interfaces and Addresses
- Stateless Autoconfiguration
- Manual Configuration
- Configurable Policy Table for Default Address Selection for IPv6
- Host Names and IPv6 Addresses
- 3 Troubleshooting
- 4 IPv6 Addressing and Concepts
- 5 IPv6 Software and Interface Technology
- 6 Utilities
- A IPv6 ndd Tunable Parameters
- Index
1 Features Overview
This chapter summarizes the features for HP-UX 11i v3 and an overview of HP-UX 11i
v3 IPv6 transport functionality.
IPv6 Transport
IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol. The IPv6 protocol is also referred to as "IPng"
(IP next generation). It provides the infrastructure for the next wave of Internet devices,
such as PDAs, mobile phones and appliances; it also provides greater connectivity for
existing devices such as laptop computers.
IPv6 was designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to improve upon the
scalability, security, ease of configuration, and network management capabilities of
IPv4. HP-UX 11i v3 IPv6 network transport software provides host support for IPv6.
NOTE: This guide focuses on IPv6 transport, but be aware that IPv6 is also supported
on the following HP-UX 11i v3 components: Internet Services, DCE, DLPI, NCweb, Libc,
Commands, Desktop (CDE), X11R6-based applications, C2 Audit, EMS, Online
Diagnostics, SNMP, nettl, IPSec, Kerberos Client, Service Guard, Glance, HP-UX Secure
Shell, Apache, and JVM. Refer to product-specific documentation for more information.
IMPORTANT: System Administration Manager (SAM) is deprecated in HP-UX 11i v3.
HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is the system administration tool for
managing HP-UX. HP SMH provides systems management functionality, at-a-glance
monitoring of system component health and consolidated log viewing. HP SMH provides
Graphical User Interface (GUI), Text User Interface (TUI), and Command Line Interface
(CLI) for managing HP-UX. You can access these interfaces using the /usr/sbin/smh
command.
When you run either the /usr/sbin/sam or /usr/sbin/smh command and the
DISPLAY environment variable is set, HP SMH opens in the default web browser. If the
DISPLAY environment variable is not set, HP SMH opens using its terminal interface.
New IPv6 Transport Features
The new IPv6 transport features in the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system are delivered
through the IPv6Upgrade enhancement bundle. The IPv6Upgrade bundle is a
cumulative product, each superseding version includes functionalities from the previous
versions. The latest version of the IPv6Upgrade bundle is B.11.31.0907.
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