Scenario: Creating an IPv6 local area network

 

This scenario shows the prerequisites and the configuration steps for setting up an IPv6 local area network.

 

Situation

Because IPv6 will eventually replace IPv4 as the Internet standard, your company is implementing IPv6 for its financial operations. It has purchased a new accounting application that uses IPv6 for connectivity. The application needs to connect to another instance of the application that is located on a different system connected to the site Ethernet local area network (LAN). Your job is to configure your system for IPv6 so that your firm can start using the accounting application. The following figure illustrates the network setup in this scenario.

 

Solution

To create an IPv6 LAN, configure an Ethernet line description. IPv6 packets travel between various systems on the network while employees use the accounting application.

Setup requirements include:

• i5/OS^® Version 5 Release 4

• iSeries™ Access for Windows^® and iSeries Navigator (Network component of iSeries Navigator)

• The system must first have TCP/IP configured and have an IPv4 address because IPv6 must be configured through iSeries Navigator. Currently iSeries Navigator can only connect to the network using IPv4. If you have not configured the system for IPv4, see Configuring TCP/IP for the first time before you configure IPv6 on your system.

 

Configuration

To configure IPv6, use iSeries Navigator. IPv6 can only be configured from iSeries Navigator, and cannot be configured from the character-based interface.

Start the IPv6 stack using the STRIP6 (*YES) parameter on the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command. Use the actions on individual lines in the Lines folder to specify line configuration options. For information about having IPv6 addresses configured automatically by the iSeries Navigator, see Configuring IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration.

 

Parent topic:

Scenario: IPv6