IPv6 Deployment Plan
The Global IPv6 Summit 2001
Agenda
• Foundry’s Product Overview
• IPv6 Implementation Plan
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NetIron Internet Backbone Router
• Next Generation Routing Architecture
– Effectively scales from 128 to 480 Gbps of switching capacity
– High-performance, low-latency, and Head-of-Line Blocking-free packet
forwarding
– Fully distributed switching delivers best Price/Performance ratio
• Robust Internet Routing Suite
– Full featured BGP4, OSPF, IS-IS, and MPLS
– Wire-speed ACLs and Extended ACLs for Security and Control
NetIron 400
NetIron 800
NetIron 1500
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BigIron Layer2,3 Switch
• High-Performance Edge / Aggregation Functionality
– High Port Density
– IPX, AppleTalk Routing
– Complete Multicast Support
•PIM Sparse/Dense, DVMRP, MBGP, MSDP, and IGMP
• IronCore ASIC Chipset Modules
– Wire-speed Rate Limiting
– sFow Network Monitoring & Accounting
BigIron 4000
BigIron 8000
BigIron 15000
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FastIron4802 Stackable Switch
• High Port Density
– 1.5 Rack units (7.0cm)
– 2 Gigabit ports (miniGBIC)
– 48 10/100 ports
• High Performance
– 10,100,000 Packets per second
– 34 Gbps Switching capacity
• Advanced Features
– Wire speed Rate Limiting
– sFlow Network Monitoring, Accounting and Billing
– Hot swappable Power AC or DC Power supplies
– Rapid Spanning Tree
– QoS (Weighted Fair Queuing / Strict Priority)
– Dynamic VLANs based on Port, Protocol or subnet
•IPv6 VLAN Ready
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Building a High Availability Network
• Foundry Deliver End-to-End
Switching Solution
– Core Router
– Aggregation / Wiring-Closet
Switch
– Access / Edge Switch
– Web Switch
• Investment Protection
– Support ATM / POS Module
– 10Gigabit Ready
– Common Command
Line Interface(CLI)
• Foundry’s End-to-End Switching
Solution
Internet
NetIron
as Core Router
BigIron
as Aggregation Switch
Access
Devices
Server Farm
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IPv6 Deployment
• The Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
– Next-generation Internet Protocol as specified by IETF
– IPv6 offers expanded IP addresses to support the proliferation of Internet
devices
– Global Internet expansion, seamless mobility support, enhanced security
and support for emerging advanced Web based applications.
• Foundry’s Implementation
– Collaboration with IP Infusion
•ZebOS™ IPv6 routing software
•Most complete IPv6 routing suite on the market today
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IPv6 Development at Phase I
• Product Platform
– NetIron
– BigIron
• Major Features Supported
– IPv6 host stack, including TCP, UDP
– IPv6 support in boot code for TFTP
– ICMP v6
– Neighbor Discovery
– Auto configuration of IPv6 address (when IPv6 routing is disabled)
– Support for IPv6 to IPv4 transition (Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4)
– Static Routes, RIP, BGP4 extension for IPv6
– IPv6 over Ethernet and PPP
– Support for Ping, Traceroute, TFTP, and Telnet over IPv6 stack
– IPv6 ACL and Route Map support
– IPv6 MIB, CLI
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IPv6 Development at Phase II
• Major Features Supported
– Hardware based forwarding and ACLs
– IS-IS extension for IPv6
– OSPF v3
– Translation of IPV6/IPv4 with NAT
– Multicast Listener Discovery (IGMP v2 for IPv6)
– IPv6 over ATM
– Support for IPv6 flow and accounting
– Support for PIM Sparse Mode for IPv6
– Support for IPv6 Multicast Forwarding in Hardware
– IP Security for IPv6
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Summary
• IPv6 - no doubt of spread
• Foundry will expand End-to-End Switching Solution to IPv6.
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