The 6net Project

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The 6net Project

• An IPv6 testbed for the European Community

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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
a research project from the European
Commission to prepare the Next Generation
Internet a major international IPv6 testbed
a 3 year project (starting 1-1-2002)
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
The main goals of the project are To build and
operate a dedicated international IPv6 network,
and use this network to validate that the demands
for the continuous growth of the global Internet
can be met with the new IPv6 technology. To help
European research and industry to play a leading
role in defining the next generation of
networking and application technologies that go
beyond the current state of the art.
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network

• Sub-objectives are to
• Operate an international pilot service such that
  geographically dispersed groups can interwork
  using native IPv6 facilities
• Validate the migration strategies for integrating
  IPv6 with the existing IPv4 infrastructure (core
  and access networks)
• Study and implement coexistence and migration
  techniques, and transition tools
• Introduce and intensively test state of the art
  IPv6 services
• Test state of the art IPv6 applications and
  access to legacy IPv4 applications and content
• Evaluate the deployment and manageability of a
  large IPv6 network including physical
  infrastructure, address allocation, registries,
  routing and DNS operation
• Exploit the synergy between European NRENs and
  major industrial partners
• Collaborate with other IPv6 projects offering
  the testbed for the support of their activities

 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network

• What is the Opportunity ?
• For Europe -gt to lead IPv6 (next generation)
  Internet
• Create new business environment -gt mobile
  Internet
• Test and build new services and applications
• An IPv6 testbed for other IPv6 testbeds

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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Description of Work
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
The Initial 6NET Network
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
The Actual 6NET Network
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Routing Protocols IGP I/ISIS with support for
IPv6 - draft-ietf-isis-ipv6-02.txt L2
neighborships only ISIS Tuning LSP pacing, SPF
and PRC back-off tuning EGP BGP4 will be
used AS 6680 (will probably be changed) iBGP
full mesh between 6NET POP routers eBGP towards
the NREN POP routers md5 Neighborship
authentication used for iBGP and eBGP
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network

• IPv6 Addressing
• 6NET available address space 20010798/40
• Each 6NET pop will get a part of the 6NET
  address range
• Loopbacks get a prefix-length of /128
• Point-to-points a /64

 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Hardware Utilised 6NET pop Cisco12404, with
GRP and ISE 16-port STM1 blade NREN pop
Cisco12404 or Cisco7206 Software
Utilised Cisco12404 12.0(21)ST Other
Platforms 12.2(8)T
 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Cisco IOS Release
Market Target
Phase I IOS 12.2(2)T Done
Early Adopter Deployment
Cisco IOS Upgrade Free IPv6
Production Backbone Deployment
Phase II On-Going
Phase III CY 2002 and later
Enhanced IPv6 Services
 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Cisco IOS Release
IPv6 Features Supported
Phase I Early Adopters Cisco IOS 12.2(2)T,
(4)T Any router able to run 12.2T, from Cisco
800 to Cisco 7500 IP Plus, Enterprise and SP
images
IPv6 Basic specification (RFC 2460) ICMPv6,
Neighbor Discovery Stateless auto-configuration RI
Pv6 (RFC 2080) Multi-Protocol extensions for
BGP4 (RFC 2545 2858) Configured and Automatic
Tunnels 6to4 Tunnel Standard Access List IPv6
over Ethernet (10/100/1000Mb/s), FDDI, Cisco
HDLC, ATM and FR PVC, PPP (Serial, POS,
ISDN) Ping, Traceroute, Telnet, TFTP
Done
Cisco IOS Upgrade Free IPv6
 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Cisco IOS Release
IPv6 Features Under Development
i/IS-ISv6 CEFv6/dCEFv6 AAA/Dialer Pool, NAT-PT
Extended Access Control List IPv6 over IPv4 GRE
Tunnels IPv6 Provider Edge router (6PE) over
MPLS DNS AAAA client Link-Local BGP
Peering CDP, SSH, IPv6 MIB Phase I Sustaining
Phase II Backbone Deployment
EFT Now
 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Cisco IOS Release
Evaluation of IPv6 Phase III Features
Routing OSPFv3 E-IGRP Enhanced Services
Mobile IPv6, IPSec, IPv6 Multicast, IPv6
QoS Management Netflow IPv6 record, SNMP over
IPv6, MIBs enhancements Tunnels IPv6 over IPv6,
IPv4 over IPv6 tunnels, ISATAP IETF IPv6
Enhancements eg. R.A. extensions, ICMPv6
prefix delegation, Hardware Acceleration
in-progress Encapsulation Add enhanced support
for DPT, Cable and DSL
Phase III Enhanced Protocols Target date CY
2002 And Later
 
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Industrial Partners
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Research Academic Computer Technology Institute
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
National Research Networks
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A large-scale International IPv6 Network
Project cost EUR 17 million EC funding EUR
9.5 million Total manpower 1100 manmonths
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