Features..........................................................................................................................................................11
IPv6 DHCP Relay...................................................................................................................................11
IPv6 VRRP..............................................................................................................................................11
IPv6 RSMLT...........................................................................................................................................12
Other changes.................................................................................................................................................12
OSPFv3 clarification...............................................................................................................................13
Enterprise Device Manager....................................................................................................................13
Changes in revision 03.02...............................................................................................................................13
Chapter 2: Introduction...........................................................................................................15
The IPv6 header..............................................................................................................................................18
IPv6 addresses.......................................................................................................................................18
Address formats.....................................................................................................................................20
IPv6 extension headers..........................................................................................................................21
Comparison of IPv4 and IPv6.................................................................................................................22
ICMPv6...........................................................................................................................................................22
Neighbor discovery.........................................................................................................................................23
ND messages.........................................................................................................................................24
Neighbor discovery cache......................................................................................................................25
Router discovery.....................................................................................................................................27
Management access.......................................................................................................................................28
Host autoconfiguration....................................................................................................................................29
IPv6 VLANs and brouter ports........................................................................................................................30
Tunneling.........................................................................................................................................................30
Manually configured tunnels...................................................................................................................30
Path MTU discovery........................................................................................................................................31
Routing............................................................................................................................................................31
Brouter ports...........................................................................................................................................32
Static routes............................................................................................................................................33
OSPFv3...........................................................................................................................................................47
Flooding scope.......................................................................................................................................48
Multiple instances per link......................................................................................................................48
Link-local addresses...............................................................................................................................48
Authentication.........................................................................................................................................49
Packet format.........................................................................................................................................49
R-bit........................................................................................................................................................49
New LSAs...............................................................................................................................................50
Unknown LSA types...............................................................................................................................50
Stub area................................................................................................................................................50
Security...........................................................................................................................................................51
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