IPv6 Release Notes

Announcement
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.
For the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system, the IPv6 functionality is available as part of
the core HP-UX operating system. The new IPv6 features in the HP-UX 11i v3 operating
system are available through the IPv6Upgrade enhancement bundle. The
IPv6Upgrade bundle is a cumulative product bundle and each superseding version
of the bundle includes functionality from the previous version.
To download the new IPv6 features, see IPv6Upgrade enhancement bundle:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/
What Is New In the B.11.31.0907 Version of IPv6
This release of IPv6 (B.11.31.0907) includes the following features:
• “Support for RFC 3542 (Advanced Sockets API for IPv6)” (page 6)
• “Configurable Policy Table Support” (page 6)
• “Anycast Address Support” (page 6)
Support for RFC 3542 (Advanced Sockets API for IPv6)
This release of IPv6 updates the HP-UX implementation of advanced sockets API for
IPv6 from RFC 2292 (Advanced Sockets API for IPv6) to RFC 3542.
Configurable Policy Table Support
This release of IPv6 supports the configurable policy table specified in RFC 3484 (Default
Address Selection for IPv6). A new command ip6addrpol and a configuration file
/etc/rc.config.d/ip6addrpol.conf are introduced to support the policy table
configuration. For more information on how to configure the policy table, see HP-UX
IPv6 Transport Administrator’s Guide at http://www.docs.hp.com.
Anycast Address Support
This release of IPv6 supports anycast address specified in RFC 4291 (IPv6 Addressing
Architecture). For more information on anycast address support, see HP-UX IPv6
Transport Administrator’s Guide at http://www.docs.hp.com..
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