Internet2 IPv6 Update Heather Boyles, APAN IPv6 Task Force 2007-January-23

Outline Internet2 network infrastructure v6 status IPv6 activities

Internet2 network infrastructure Abilene dual-stack IPv6 network continues to perform well Transition Abilene layer3 network to new Internet2 network infrastructure Using same Juniper T640 routers, still running dual stack v4/v6

Policy: Interconnection with other networks Will continue to peer with IPv6 commercial networks –With new Internet2 network, will also now peer with IPv4 commercial networks No transit between non-US networks and commercial IPv6 network peers –Had been providing transit between v6 networks (including commercial) –Stopped providing transit to commercial v6 peers – not their usual policy

IPv6 Activities Internet2 IPv6 Working Group –Refocusing from campus deployment effort to….. –Working with middleware and applications working groups as resource Internet2 IPv6 Hands-on Workshops –Lesser in frequency, but still being held by request –Next one in April: Merit (Michigan state network) hosting: IPv6 Multicast Hands-on Workshop

IPv6 Activities Performance tools –NDT now supports IPv6 – –Part of perfSONAR architecture

Pointers IPv6 working group Abilene NOC IPv6 Information documentation.html Presentation and Exercises from IPv6 Multicast Workshop erque-IPv6/