Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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1. Prepare your hardware to
support IPv6. |
Ensure that your hardware can be upgraded to IPv6. |
Preparing the Network Topology for IPv6 Support |
2. Get an
ISP that supports IPv6. |
Ensure that your current ISP supports IPv6. Otherwise, find
an ISP who can support IPv6. You can use two ISPs, one ISP
for IPv6 and one for ISP IPv4 communications. |
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3. Ensure that your applications are
IPv6 ready. |
Verify that your applications can run in an IPv6 environment. |
How to Prepare Network Services for IPv6 Support |
4. Get
a site prefix. |
Obtain a 48-bit site prefix for your site from your
ISP or from the nearest RIR. |
Obtaining a Site Prefix |
5. Create a subnet addressing plan. |
You need to
plan the overall IPv6 network topology and addressing scheme before you can configure
IPv6 on the various nodes in your network. |
Creating a Numbering Scheme for Subnets |
6. Design a plan for
tunnel usage. |
Determine which routers should run tunnels to other subnets or external networks. |
Planning for Tunnels in the Network Topology |
7.
Create an addressing plan for entities on the network. |
Your plan for addressing
servers, routers, and hosts should be in place before IPv6 configuration. |
Creating an IPv6 Addressing Plan for Nodes |
8. Develop an
IPv6 security policy. |
Investigate IP Filter, IP security architecture (IPsec), Internet Key Exchange (IKE),
and other Solaris security features as you develop an IPv6 security policy. |
Part III, IP Security |
9. (Optional)
Set up a DMZ. |
For security purposes, you need an addressing plan for
the DMZ and its entities before you configure IPv6. |
Security Considerations for the IPv6 Implementation |
10. Enable the nodes to
support IPv6. |
Configure IPv6 on all routers and hosts. |
IPv6 Router Configuration (Task Map) |
11. Turn on network services. |
Make
sure that existing servers can support IPv6. |
Major TCP/IP Administrative Tasks (Task Map) |
12. Update name servers for IPv6
support. |
Make sure that DNS, NIS, and LDAP servers are updated with the
new IPv6 addresses. |
Configuring Name Service Support for IPv6 |
