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What is IPv6?

WARNING: it is possible to use a maximum of 16 IPv6 addresses per Cloud Server. If you exceed this number of IPv6 addresses, your Cloud Server will be disconnected from the network. Should you need to use a greater amount of IPv6 per Cloud Server, please contact our it is possible to use a maximum of 16 IPv6 addresses per Cloud Server. If you exceed this number of IPv6 addresses, your Cloud Server will be disconnected from the network. Should you need to use a greater amount of IPv6 per Cloud Server, please contact our technical staff

Differences between IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 IPv6 bit 32 bit 128 bit format 4 groups of 3 decimal numbers

separated by a dot 8 groups of 4 numbers (2 hexadecimal)

separated by 2 dots 62.149.188.210 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:1319:8a2e:0370:7344 28 . 28 . 28 . 28 2828 : 2828 : 2828 : 2828 : 2828 : 2828 : 2828 : 2828 28 in decimal = 256

a number between 0 and 255 28 in esadecimai = ff

a number between 00 and ff n. IP addresses 28x28x28x28 216x216x216x216x216x216x216x216 232 approximately 4,3x109 2128 = 1632 approximately 3,4x1038 4,3 billion

4.300.000.000 340 undecillion

340.000.000.000.000.000.000

.000 000.000.000.000.000

Advantages of IPv6

IPv6 address syntax

use only lowercase letters

any four-digit group of zeros can be reduced to a single zero

2001:0db8:85a3: 0000 : 0000 :8a2e:0370:7344 = 2001:0db8:85a3: 0 : 0 :8a2e:0370:7344

2001:0db8:85a3: : :8a2e:0370:7344 = 2001:0db8:85a3: : :8a2e:0370:7344 a sequence of two or more groups of zeros can be reduced to ::

2001:0db8:85a3 :0000:0000: 8a2e:0370:7344 = 2001:0db8:85a3 :: 8a2e:0370:7344

2001:0db8:85a3 8a2e:0370:7344 = 2001:0db8:85a3 8a2e:0370:7344 IPv6 can only include one : therefore this address would not be valid 2001 :: 85a3 :: 0370:7344

85a3 0370:7344 it is not necessary to write the initial zeros of each block

2001: 0 db8:85a3:70aa: 0 101:1000:8a2e: 0 370:7344 = 2001:db8:85a3:70aa:101:1000:8a2e:370:7344

2001: db8:85a3:70aa: 101:1000:8a2e: 370:7344 = 2001:db8:85a3:70aa:101:1000:8a2e:370:7344 the last 32 bit can be written in decimal format, e.g. 2001:0db8 : 85a3:0000 : 0000:8a2e : 0370:7344 32 bit 0370 = 03 and 70 in hexadecimal = 3 and 112 in decimal

7344 = 73 and 44 in hexadecimal = 115 and 68 in decimal

therefore

2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e: 0370:7344 = 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e: 3.112.115.68

Transition from IPv4 to IPv6

Converting IPv4 to IPv6

62 in decimal = 3e in hexadecimal

149 in decimal = 95 in hexadecimal

188 in decimal = bc in hexadecimal

210 in decimal = d2 in hexadecimal

Aruba Cloud templates compatible with IPv6

IPv6 is a new Internet Protocol developed to overcome the shortage of IPv4 addresses.The growing and constant increase of devices connected to the Internet (PCs, Laptops, Smartphones, Tablets, SmartTVs, VoIPs, home automation-enabled devices, ...) has saturated the available Public IP addresses, the latest blocks of IPv4 were distributed to the 5 RIR (Regional Internet Registry - the organizations that manage the allocation of internet number resources in a specific geographic region) on 3 February 2011.The billion new addresses that IPv6 provides, allow users to have, not just one IPv6 address (like with IPv4), but blocks of IP addresses in a 64 bit address space range (around 1.8x108 therefore 18 billion-billion combinations), making the NAT (Network Address Translation) unnecessary assigning unique addresses to each single device.Another advantage is security: IPv6 includes IPsec technology (Internet Protocol Security), considered optional for IPv4.There are rules on how to write IPv6 addresses:Our Cloud infrastructure uses Dual-Stack technology to manage the transition phase from IPv4 to IPv6 and these will operate side by side ensuring compatibility of both protocols.Converting an IPv4 address to an IPv6 address consists in representing the decimal format of the IPv4 in the hexadecimal format of the IPv6. If, for example your IPv4 is 62.149.188.210 you would proceed by converting the 4 decimal groups in hexadecimal groups:therefore this address 62.149.188.210 can be represented like so 3e95:bcd2 and so62.149.188.210 = 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:3e95:bcd2 = ::ffff:3e95:bcd2