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
2 Configuration
This chapter summarizes the steps to configure LAN interfaces, assign IPv6 addresses,
optionally enabling IPv6 tunneling through IPv4 networks, and assigning host names to
IPv6 addresses.
The first interface configured on a physical LAN interface is called the primary interface.
Additional interfaces configured on the same physical device are called secondary
interfaces. You must configure an IPv6 primary interface to use IPv6 over that interface.
Configuring IPv6 Interfaces and Addresses
This section describes IPv6 interface and address configuration tasks that involve editing
the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file.
Before configuring IPv6 interfaces, remember:
• To edit the netconf-ipv6 file and to activate the configuration, you must have
superuser capabilities.
• The netconf-ipv6 file and the script that is executed are shell programs; therefore,
shell programming rules apply.
• To activate the netconf-ipv6 configuration, you must either reboot the system or
use ifconfig, route commands with appropriate equivalent values. (Note:
ifconfig and route configuration changes are ephemeral and do not permeate
across reboots.) Refer to the “Activating netconf-ipv6 file Configuration” (page 29)
for more information.
• To configure HP-UX 11i v2 IPv6, you may use HP SMH.
NOTE: HP SMH has not been enhanced to support the tunneling enhancements
available with HP-UX 11i v3. HP-UX 11i v3 tunnel configuration must be done by
editing the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file or by using the ifconfig
command.
• setparms has not been enhanced to support IPv6 configuration.
Configure IPv6 interfaces and routing using one of the following methods:
• Stateless autoconfiguration
• Manual configuration
These methods are described in the following sections.
Stateless Autoconfiguration
Addresses on IPv6 interfaces, unlike IPv4 interfaces, can be configured without manual
intervention. With stateless address autoconfiguration, the primary interface (lanX:0) is
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