Comments on: IPv6 in the Enterprise Data Center – Why is it important

By: Safwan Ahmed

Safwan Ahmed — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:57:14 +0000

Zahoor,
Thanks for your question. The only regulation would be financial. Comapanies that are growing and expanding are paying a heavy price finding and buying IPv4 address from companies who are not growing and expanding and hence are selling their IPv4 address space. If IPv6 planning is done ahead of time, the expensive recycling of IPv4 could be avoided.

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By: Safwan Ahmed

Safwan Ahmed — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:49:51 +0000

Dave,

Thanks for asking this. The biggest challenge would be the “mindset”. I will be posting another post shortly that would talk about why the shift in mindset is important in dealing with IPv6. Second would obviously be the expertise. Unlike IPv4, IPv6 is a difficult to read and trouble shoot. Design, implementation and operational challenges would standout. Getting a good handle on design, implementation and operational expertise requires time and experience, especially in the data center environment where the variables are not only the network but also, applications, firewalls, loadbalancers, dns/dhcp etc..

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By: Zahoor Khan

Zahoor Khan — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:10:49 +0000

Good start Safwan. Are there any regulations that would force the customers to go IPv6?

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By: David Wilson

David Wilson — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:29:23 +0000

Safwan, great conversation kick-off..

So you say IPv4 to IPv6 migration is not just a small (couple of days) activity.

Can you share a few of the challenges that a migration presents?

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