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AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

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7.6.2.3 IPv6 Anycast Address Support<br />

In <strong>AIX</strong> <strong>4.3</strong>, the anycast is similar to INRIA. This method involved creating anycast<br />

addresses and associating them with a specific interface. This is acceptable<br />

because, on incoming packet reception, <strong>AIX</strong> would talk to all the addresses on<br />

the address lists. But to modify these addresses, a user would have to remember<br />

the associated interface. INRIA has moved anycast addresses on to a private list.<br />

The management is separate from the normal addresses. In fact, a command<br />

called any6 is added to manipulate these addresses.<br />

7.6.2.4 IPv6 Multi-Homed Support<br />

<strong>AIX</strong> <strong>4.3</strong>.0 is supported for IPv6 and multi-homed global addresses. This falls out<br />

naturally from the IPv6 routing table. The problem is with site local and link local<br />

addresses. The problem with site local addresses is the definition of network<br />

boundaries. This is not handled by the kernel. The problem with link local<br />

addresses is which interface to go out of for doing the initial NDP neighbor<br />

solicitations. The code defines a #define, MULTI_HOMED, that can have four<br />

values. Each value has different actions and operations.<br />

The <strong>AIX</strong> IPv6 will support the host requirements from the following RFCs:<br />

• RFC 1883 - Internet Protocol, <strong>Version</strong> 6 (IPv6) Specification<br />

• RFC 1884 - IP <strong>Version</strong> 6 Addressing Architecture<br />

• RFC 1885 - Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet<br />

Protocol <strong>Version</strong> 6 (IPv6)<br />

• RFC 1886 - DNS Extensions to support IP <strong>Version</strong> 6<br />

• RFC 1887 - An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation<br />

• RFC 1970 - Neighbor Discovery for IP <strong>Version</strong> 6 (IPv6)<br />

• RFC 1971 - IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration<br />

• RFC 1972 - A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet<br />

networks<br />

• RFC 1981 - Path MTU Discovery for IP <strong>Version</strong> 6<br />

• RFC 2019 - A Method for the Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI<br />

networks<br />

For a complete list of all RFCs and Internet drafts pertaining to IPv6, refer to<br />

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipngwg-charter.html. This is an evolving list,<br />

and <strong>AIX</strong> conforms to a subset of these.<br />

7.6.3 Commands Changed<br />

The following <strong>AIX</strong> commands have been changed to support IPv6 routing:<br />

• ndpd-host<br />

• ndp<br />

• route<br />

• autoconf6<br />

• hostnew<br />

• nslookup<br />

• ifconfig<br />

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