Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe the factors that led to the development of IPv6, and the possible uses of this new IP structure.
• Describe the structure of the IPv6 address format, how IPv6 interacts with data link layer technologies, and how IPv6 is supported in Cisco IOS Software.
• Describe the nature of changes to DNS and DHCP to support IPv6, and how networks can be renumbered using both services.
• Understand the updates to IPv4 routing protocols needed to support IPv6 topologies.
• Understand multicast concepts and IPv6 multicast specifics.
• Describe IPv6 transition mechanisms and which methods will be most effective in your network.
• Describe the standards bodies that define IPv6 address allocation, as well as one of the leading IPv6 deployment issues, multihoming.
• Describe the deployment strategies that service providers are facing when deploying IPv6.
• Describe case studies for enterprise, service provider, branch, and access networks.

Outline

• Module 1: Intro to IPv6
• Module 2: IPv6 Operations
• Module 3: IPv6 Services
• Module 4: IPv6-Enabled Routing Protocols
• Module 5: IPv6 Multicast Services
• Module 7: IPv6 Security
• Module 8: Deploying IPv6
• Module 9: IPv6 and Service Providers
• Module 10: IPv6 Case Studies