Internet2 IPv6 Workshop

May 22-23, 2008

South Dakota Board of Regents
Spearfish, SD

Registration
Lodging: Spearfish Holiday Inn
Sponsors/Acknowledgements

Over the course of this workshop we will design and set up a functioning IPv6 network. This network will be connected to the Internet2 IPv6 network, and thus to the rest of the global IPv6 network. We will have both external and internal routing configured. Using IPv6 transition tools, we will also gateway between the workshop IPv6 network and the global IPv4 internet.

It is our expectation that, after having experienced one workshop as a student, an attendee will be able to engineer IPv6 networks within his/her campus or gigaPoP, to explain IPv6 engineering concepts to peers, and, in some cases, to help teach or facilitate future IPv6 workshops.

In detail, the topics we will cover at this workshop are:

• Router Configuration: How do you turn on IPv6 routing on a router?
• BGP Configuration: Students will configure BGP sessions between the campus, gigaPoP, and core routers.
• Addressing: We will discuss how addressing works, what types of addressing schemes are possible given the number of addresses available, how allocations are made, and current best practices.
• Bind configuration: DNS is extremely important in IPv6. We will address how to populate a server with AAAA records, and how to configure it to perform both forward and reverse lookups. We will discuss best practices, bind versions required, and potential pitfalls.
• Application Space: We will have some students set up IPv6-aware servers, including HTTP and Mail. By the end of the session, we expect to be able to send and receive mail, telnet or ssh and use web access over IPv6 transport.
• Transition Issues: How do you make your IPv6 network IPv4-aware and vice versa? How extensively can you do dual stack implementations and where do you need to do translation?
• Discussion Issues: There are several aspects of IPv6 that we will take some time to discuss. Among them are the effects of multihoming, how auto-configuration affects network administrators and network management.
• Services: What IPv6 services should a campus or gigapop currently offer? What are the best known practices for distributing IPv6 throughout a campus or state network?

WHEN:Thursday, May 22, 8:00am-5:00pm and Friday, May 23, 8:00am-5:00pm

WHERE: Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center, Spearfish, SD

For information please contact Elaine Lauerman at 734-913-4253 or 734-913-4250

COST: The cost for the Workshop is $450 for Internet2 members and $650 for non-members.

WHAT TO BRING: Students are asked to bring a laptop capable of running an IPv6 stack. We prefer that these stacks be installed prior to the workshop, but help will be available at the workshop if that is not possible. Laptops should also have an integrated serial port or a USB-to-serial adapter for accessing router console ports.

RECOMMENDED READING: We recommend that attendees consider reading Marc Blanchet's "Migrating to IPv6: A Practical Guide for Mobile and Fixed Networks". The book is a comprehensive overview of IPv6 and related protocols, with practical techniques and advice on implementation, applications and deployment. You can read more about the book at http://www.ipv6book.ca/

MEALS: Continental breakfast and snacks are included. Lunch is on your own.

Sponsors/Acknowledgements

Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft are sponsors of the Internet2 IPv6 Workshop Series. Cisco provided 2651XM routers and network modules and memory for 3640 routers, Juniper provided M-5 routers and Microsoft provided financial support for the workshop series.

Contributors include University of Nebraska, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Indiana University, University of Utah and Nysernet, who have provided presenters for individual workshops.

We would like to thank the South Dakota Regental System for hosting this workshop.