Physical Technology
Marco Hogewoning, of Internet Service Provider XS4ALL, talks about the steps XS4ALL is taking to ensure that IPv6 services can be extended to all customers.
The Internet Society’s Mat Ford discusses the advances in IPv6-enabled technology.
An essential part of making your business IPv6 ready is to ensure that your equipment is compatible with the next generation of IP addressing. The first step is to carry out an IT audit to identify which pieces of equipment (routers, servers and other hardware) need upgrading or even replacing.
Your hardware vendor(s) should be able to help you with this process, and advise you on how to make the necessary changes. It may require a significant amount of time and effort to convert all elements of your IT infrastructure, so you may want to consider a staged deployment.
Below is a list of information provided by a sample of hardware vendors to get you started.
Vendors
- Alcatel Lucent
(see also IPv6 – The Road Ahead, a 2006 white paper published by Alcatel Lucent) - Cisco
- HP
- IBM
- Juniper
- Sun Microsystems
- Microsoft
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