Which version of Novell/Netware supports IPv6?

The Novell Netware version 6.5 does support IPv6.

What IPv6 features are supported by Netware 6.5?

• IPv6 addressing support RFC 2460
• ICMPv6 RFC 2463
• Neighbor Dicovery Protocol RFC 2461
• Autoconfiguration for IPv6 RFC 2462
• IPv6 over Ethernet RFC 2464
• Path MTU discovery RFC 1981
• Static IPv6 routing
• Scoped address support
• Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 RFC 3484
• Dual stack operation
• Sockets - BSD Standard and Winsock: BSD, JSock and Winsock are available as application programming interfaces
• Transition mechanisms:
  • Configured tunnels RFC 2893
  • 6to4 RFC 3056

What IPv6 features will be available in the future ?

• RIPng RFC 2080
• Multiprocessor enabled IPv6 stack
• IPv6 capable Netware Remote Manager
• NAT-PT
• SNMP for monitoring

What kind of IPv6 capable applications are available for Netware 6.5?

For debbuging and diagnostics you can use:

• IPTrace6
• Ping6
• ip6config

For real applications you can use:

• Ftp6
• Apache server

How can configure IPv6 on Netware 6.5?

1. Copying the necessary NLMs to system directory : First you must copy all the NLMs from sys:research/ipv6 to sys:system directory. Note: the sys:research directory is installed in the default install.

2. Running IPv6 install script : At the console prompt on Netware6.5 server run the next script

    perl sys:research/ipv6/install.pl

3. customise your configuration : the install.pl script generates an ip6.cfg configuration file in sys:etc directory that should be customised. A sample file:

    #
    #               Example  Config File
    #
    #       Replace with appropriate vaues
    #
    #       Please refer to Admin guide for more details
    #
    # ******************************************************************************
    # Default values for InterfaceAll [Valid range in brackets]
    #
    #       Router                  no      [yes/no]
    #
    #       Autotunnel              yes     [yes/no]
    #
    #       6to4                    no      [yes/no]
    #
    #
    # Default values for Interface [Valid range in brackets]
    #
    # Please replace <interface_name> by your network interface
    #
    # board name for autoconfiguration.
    #
    #
    #
    #       Addr                    Corr. IPv6 Address [There is no default for this field]
    #
    #       PrefixLen               Prefix len of addr      [64-128]
    #
    #       MTU                     1280    [1280 - Link MTU]
    #
    #
    #
    #
    [ Interface All ]
    Router                  yes
    Autotunnel              no
    6to4                    no
    #
    #
    #
    [ Interface RTSSRV_1_EII ]
    Addr    2001:db8:4801::22
    Prefixlen       64
    #
    [Interface N100_1_EII_EII ]
    Addr    2002:db8:4802::22
    Prefixlen       64

How can start and stop IPv6 protocol stack ?

• You can start IPv6 with: ip6.ncf

• You can stop IPv6 protocol stack with: uip6.ncf

Where the IPv6 related files are located on the Netware 6.5 server?

• the core IPv6 files in sys:research/ipv6 gw6 ip6.cfg ip6.ncf ipv6.nlm resolv.nlm rtadvd.cfg static6.nlm uip6.ncf

• The apache related IPv6 files are available in sys:research/ipv6/apache

• The ftp related IPv6 files are available in sys:research/ipv6/ftp

Where can I get more information about IPv6 support of Novell Netware ?

Take a look at the webpages at http://www.novell.com/products/netware6/ipv6/novell_ipv6.html