Deploying IPv6 Networks
After completing Deploying IPv6 Networks the reader will Understand the state of IPv6 technologies and services and the IPv6 features as they are applied in service deployments.
Deploying IPv6 Networks
Introduction
- Goals and Methods
- Who Should Read This Book?
- How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Implementing IPv6 Services
Chapter 1. The Case for IPv6An Updated Perspective
- Unicast Connectivity
- QoS Services
- Multicast Services
- Virtual Private Networks
- Security
- IP Mobility
- IPv6 Is an Evolutionary Step
Chapter 2. An IPv6 Refresher
- IPv6 Addressing
- IPv6 Packet Format
- Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
- Neighbor Discovery Protocol
Chapter 3. Delivering IPv6 Unicast Services
- Overview
- IPv6 Provisioning
- IPv6 Network Access
- IPv6 over the Backbone
- Translation Mechanisms (NAT-PT)
Chapter 4. IPv6 Routing Protocols
- Distance Vector Routing Protocol
- Path Vector Routing Protocol
- Link-State Routing Protocol
- IPv6 Interior Gateway Protocols
- BGP
- Site Multihoming
- Deploying IPv6 Routing Protocols
Chapter 5. Implementing QoS
- QoS for IPv6
- QoS for IPv6 over MPLS
- Deploying QoS for IPv6
Chapter 6. Providing IPv6 Multicast Services
- IPv6 Multicast
- IPv6 Multicast Deployment Examples
Chapter 7. VPN IPv6 Architecture and Services
- Virtual Private Network Overview
- Using IPsec to Implement CE-Based VPNs
- BGP-MPLS IPv6 VPNs: A PE-Based VPN Solution
- Topology Examples
Chapter 8. Advanced ServicesIPv6 Mobility
- Chapter Overview
- IP Host Mobility
- Network Mobility
- IP Mobility in Nonmobile Scenarios
- Next Steps in Mobility
Chapter 9. Securing IPv6 Networks
- Security Threats and Best Practices to Protect Against Them
- Tools Available for Securing IPv6 Networks
- Summary of Best Practices for Securing IPv6 Deployments
Chapter 10. Managing IPv6 Networks
- IPv6 Network Management: The Challenges
- Network-Management Architecture
- Retrieving Information from Routers and Switches
- Fault Management
- Performance Management
- Configuration and Provisioning Management
- Management Platforms
- IPv6 Network Management Services and Tools at a Glance
Chapter 11. Network Performance Considerations: Coexistence of IPv4 and IPv6
- Aspects of Router IPv6 Performance
- Measuring Forwarding Performance
- The Right Router for the Job
- IPv6 Router Performance Evaluation Checklist
Part II: Deployment Case Studies
Chapter 12. Generic Deployment Planning Guidelines
- Cost Analysis
- Address Policies and Registration Process
- Education
Chapter 13. Deploying IPv6 in an MPLS Service Provider Network
- Network Environment
- Network Design Objectives
- Network Design
- Basic Services Design and Implementation
- Quality of Service Design
- Operating and Troubleshooting the Network
- Design Lessons
Chapter 14. Deploying IPv6 in an IP Service Provider Network
- Network Environment and IPv4 Services
- IPv6 Deployment Plans
- Basic Services Design and Implementation
- Advanced Services Design and Implementation
- Operating and Troubleshooting the Network
- Deployment Lessons
Chapter 15. Deploying IPv6 in an Enterprise Network
- Introducing AC Corporation
- AC Network Environment
- Business Drivers to Integrate IPv6 on the AC Network
- Learning the Technology
- Moving IPv6 to Production
- Design and Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Future Evolutions
IPv6 scales up to support new services that require a very large addressing space; it is positioned to provide the infrastructure for a world where mobile devices, home appliances, and phones will each have their own, unique IP address. In the United States, major Enterprise customers interfacing with the Department of Defense, contractors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, have expressed stronger interest in the technology due to their customer requests.
Microsoft considers IPv6 a strategic technology because it will free the networks of NATs opening the door to peer-to-peer applications. Deploying IPv6 Networks will present the service capabilities of IPv6, the features supporting these services, and the ways in which they can be implemented in a scalable, production-level network. The information will be presented in the context of the existing IPv4 operational and design concepts, anchoring the discussion to familiar ground and the environments that will be incorporating the IPv6 services.