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IPv6 Address Migration

Migration and beyond

Migration to IPv6 addresses is a major network transition, and most organizations need to start planning and transitioning now, if they wish to be successful.

At the current allocation rate on the Internet, regional registration bodies will have run out of additional public IPv4 addresses to assign to ISPs and other companies by 2012. By 2015, 17% of the Internet will use an IPv6 address.

Organizations asking for new internet addresses may only receive IPv6 addresses in the future and thus will be required to migrate. Additionally, even those enterprises that have adequate amount of IP space will need to move to an IPv6 address to allow their IPv6-only customers and partners to access their networks. According to a Gartner article, external services serving IPv6 address customers must be moved to avoid the risk of delivering a poor user experience. Government mandates require several organizations to migrate to IPv6 sooner rather than later.

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It makes sense to plan IPv6 migration now if an organization plans to make significant investment in network infrastructure in near future. All organizations will have to have a transition period of both IPv4 and IPv6 and need the visibility to baseline the current situation, plan for the migration and manage post-implementation. While IP address management is often the first thing thought off, the network and infrastructure is also severely impacted. IT teams need to manage network change, configuration and compliance requirements throughout the entire transition to ensure a successful deployment.

Migration to IPv6 is a challenging and risky endeavor, however if executed through proper planning, it can be achieved successfully. Infoblox provides tools and technologies that reduce risks and costs of IPv6 migration and operating IPv6 address networks.

Key Benefits:

  • Reduced migration risks with proper planning and IP space modeling tools
  • Quick IPv6-only accessibility eliminates business risks
  • Reduced cost of migration through automation
  • Reduced costs of managing IPv6 address networks
  • Visually plan and model your IPv6 address network layout
  • Automate network change process for IPv6 migration
  • Provide connectivity to your networks using IPv6 DNS (AAAA records), DHCP for IPv6 and DNS64
  • Reduce complexity and costs using automated IPv6 DHCP, DNS, IP address management and Network Change and Configuration management

Challenges

Organizations making the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 will face many new challenges that will cause many problems with current management processes. During the migration, companies will effectively double the IP space because implementations will require dual-stack configurations for a number of years. If your organization is manually dealing with IP address management (IPAM) today, you’ll likely face a huge hurdle since the existing spreadsheets do not scale because of the lengthy IP addresses and large subnets. Adding to the challenge, manual DNS management is more error prone due to the longer and more complex naming convention. Another complexity layer occurs with network infrastructure mapping and configuration as those devices are harder to track and manage manually. Infoblox provides the business agility through network automation to assist with IPv6 deployments.

Instead of rolling out IPv6 and hoping things will work fine, Infoblox helps you ensure a successful transition. IPv6 address migration planning is difficult with limited visibility into networks, assets and current configurations. Infoblox provides the solutions for ensuring a successful migration—ensuring a strong IPv4 foundation before deployment, enabling a dual-stack approach during the implementation and focusing on a pure IPv6 implementation once the organization and infrastructure are ready.

For IPv6 deployments, the Infoblox solutions provide the automation, intelligence and management capabilities to ensure a successful migration from IPv6. With capabilities including IPAM, DNS, DNSSEC and network infrastructure change and configuration management out of the box, you can ensure your organization will reduce unnecessary risks and unplanned costs as your migration to IPv6 goes from the planning stage throughout complete implementation.

Features

While organizations may strive to push out an IPv6 implementation because of perceived potential risks and extra cost, Infoblox takes out the guesswork for companies planning their IPv6 strategies. Infoblox is the leading provider of network automation solutions for business agility. When tied to IPv6 implementations, our solutions provide the automation, visibility, intelligence and management needed for a successful transition. And instead of being limited to one area, Infoblox provides critical capabilities including IP address management (IPAM), DNS, DNSSEC and network configuration and change management (NCCM).

Key features include:
  • DNS AAAA records for IPv6 DNS resolution
  • IPv6 (IPAM) IP address management for simplifying the complex tasks of managing IPv6 subnets and IP address allocation
  • IPv6 DHCP for dynamic address allocation to facilitate user mobility.
  • DNS64 to translate DNS lookups across “IPv4 islands” on an IPv6 backbone
  • IPv6 prefix delegation to help large enterprise and ISPs to delegate management to subnet managers
  • Task delegation and automation for complex addressing
  • Network troubleshooting and security
  • IP discovery for network inventory and IPv6 address planning
  • IPv6 network map for a high-level view of the network address space to design and plan your network infrastructure as well as configure and manage individual networks
  • Automated IPv6 network change and configuration management for keeping your IPv6 network secure and compliant
  • Compliance monitoring and reporting for an ever-changing network environment

Benefits

Infoblox provides tools to plan, implement and operate IPv6 networks. Using Infoblox tools, customers can reduce risks and costs of IPv6 migration and operating an IPv6 network.

IPv6 deployment planning requires an understanding of your current network. Infoblox helps you inventory your network equipment and get a better picture of current network configuration by producing visual maps of network and IP allocation. In addition, Infoblox IPv6 IPAM provides tools that help you model your IPv6 networks using visual tools. Infoblox network change configuration management (NCCM) tools allow quick configuration of your IPv6 network infrastructure.

  • Inventory and understand your current network for transition planning
  • Visually plan and model your IPv6 address network layout
  • Automate network change process for IPv6 migration
  • Provide connectivity to your networks using IPv6 DNS (AAAA records), DHCP and DNS64
  • Reduce complexity and costs using automated DNS, DHCP, IP address management and Network Change and Configuration management

Demos & Resources

See the power of network automation and control in action

Since every network environment is unique, the best way to see the power of the Infoblox solutions is to request a one-on-one, interactive demo. Our experts will discuss your current requirements and future needs, and tailor the presentation to cover the aspects most critical to you.

Additional resources

To learn more about how Infoblox can help you manage DHCP challenges and build a secure, resilient and automated DDI infrastructure, check out our additional resources.

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