Best Practices: IPv6 Transition
Deploying IPv6: Gateway To the Next-Gen Internet
When the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the top-level address management agency, allocated the last of its address pool to the five worldwide Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) on February 3, the clock started ticking in earnest. We expect the RIRs to use up those last addresses by late summer. So what then?
As we’ll discuss, you can’t know exactly how IPv4 address depletion will harm your business—or how an IPv6 deployment can help it—until you do some analysis. But every company that depends on the Internet should have a migration plan in place based on industry best practices. In this report, we’ll do four things. First, we’ll help you lay out a business justification by explaining how some providers’ workarounds—solutions entirely out of your control—can cost you customers. Then, we’ll detail four steps you should take now to lay the foundation for IPv6 and discuss five fundamental things to think about as you make your plans. We’ll end with a trio of case studies demonstrating practical IPv6 deployments, with tailored recommendations. (B2540211)
Table of Contents
3 Author’s Bio
4 Executive Summary
5 Make Your Case
5 Figure 1: How LSN Affects User Traffic
6 Figure 2: How NAT64 Affects User Traffic
7 Four Steps to Take Now
8 Figure 3: Example Organizational Structure of an IPv6 Team
11 Five Things to Think About
16 On Deck: Healthcare, Multinationals and Government
16 Case Study: Large Local Healthcare Provider with Data Focus
17 Case Study: Multinational Enterprise With Ambitious Goals
19 Case Study: Government Agency on a Shoestring Budget
21 Brave New World
21 Recommended Reading
22 Related Reports
About the Author
Jeff Doyle specializes in IP routing protocols, MPLS and IPv6 and has designed or assisted in the design of large-scale IP service provider networks throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the People’s Republic of China. Over the past few years he has had extensive experience helping in the deployment of IPv6 in large networks around the world.
Jeff is the author of CCIE Professional Development: Routing TCP/IP, Volumes I and II; OSPF and IS-IS: Choosing an IGP for Large-Scale Networks; and is an editor and contributing author of Juniper Networks Routers: The Complete Reference. Jeff has presented numerous corporate seminars, and has spoken at NANOG, JANOG, APRICOT, IEEE/OWRA, QUESTnet and IPv6 Forum conferences worldwide. He is one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force and is an IPv6 Forum Fellow.
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 IPV6 enterprise deployment plansComment by rpenna100 Mar-12,2012 9:57:04 AMAre there any new methodologies for guiding enterprises in deploying IPV6, address schemes, etc .. ?Reply |
