ADDRESS MANAGEMENT

• Get a public prefix assignment
• Define addressing plan and assignment rules
• Add IPv6 support to the address management database and related tools
• DNS Name resolution policies

PROCUREMENT

• Public address space
• Network devices with IPv6 support
• Software licences for IPv6 support
• IPv6 Internet upstream

NETWORK EQUIPMENT

• Verify that the network devices (routers, switches, WIFi APs...) support:
  • IPv6 Routing protocols (OSPFv3, ISIS, PIM, BGP...)
  • DHCPv6 relay
  • hardware forwarding of IPv6 packets
  • hardware filtering of IPv6 Access Control Lists
  • management over IPv6 restriction (vty acls, SNMP RW authorizations)
  • VRRPv6

PROVISIONING

• Provide IPv6 training to Network engineers and Network Software developers
• Add IPv6 suport to the generator of Network device configurations
• Add IPv6 support to consistency checker of Network device configurations
• Configure IPv6 connectivity in:
  • core of the network
  • firewall and external network
  • access network, cabled and wireless

CONNECTIVITY

• Connection to the IPv6 Internet upstream
• IPv4 and IPv6 interconnection: protocol gateways, dual-stack

NETWORK SERVICES

Provide:

• IPv6 connectivity for servers
• StateLess Address Auto Configuration
• DHCPv6 service
• DNS service over IPv6 and with IPv6 records
• RADIUS/TACACS service over IPv6
• NTP service over IPv6

MONITORING

• IPv6 statistics
• SNMP polling over IPv6
• IPv6 connectivity status

SECURITY

• Central Firewall policies
• Local firewalls policies
• NAT co-existence
• Visitor registration service (WIFI)

OPERATIONS

• Training for support lines
• Operational procedures for IPv6 deployment
• Operational procedures for IPv6 issues
• Training for End-Users