Address Management in IPv6

[Nick Hilliard]

Vesna,

This is a really useful list.  Do you think that it would be appropriate 
for the RIPE NCC to put it up on a web site somewhere?

Nick

On 04/01/2011 13:50, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> Hi Graham,
>
> On 1/4/11 2:39 PM, Graham Beneke wrote:
>
>> What tools are available for tracking and recording IPv6 assignments
>> within an organisation?
>
> This is a summary of the similar questions and discussions in the last year
> at nanog and other lists.
>
> So, no personal nor operational experience, but a lot of links.
>
> Regards,
> Vesna Manojlovic
> RIPE NCC trainer
>
>
> (with the disclaimer that RIPE NCC does not endorse any of the mentioned
> commercial tools, etc....)
>
>
> Free IPAM tools that do support IPv6:
>
> # IPAT (IP Allocation Tool) http://nethead.de/index.php/ipat
> # NetDot https://netdot.uoregon.edu/trac/
> # HaCi http://sourceforge.net/projects/haci/
> # FreeIPdb http://home.globalcrossing.net/~freeipdb/
> # Infoblox IPAM Freeware
> http://www.infoblox.com/services/infoblox-ipam-freeware.cfm
>
> Following tools did not support IPv6 (in May 2010), but it was in the list
> of planned features:
> IPplan http://iptrack.sourceforge.net/
> TIPP http://tipp.tobez.org/ & http://github.com/tobez/tipp
> ONA (OpenNetAdmin) http://opennetadmin.com/
>
> Commercial IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools with IPv6 support
> In alphabetic order:
>
> Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP DNS/DHCP IP Management Software & Appliance
> Bluecat Networks / Proteus Enterprise IPAM Appliance
> BT Diamond IP - IPControl(TM) Sapphyre Appliances
> BT Diamond – IPControl(TM) Software
> Crypton UK - EasyIP(TM)
> Incognito / Address Commander(TM)
> Infoblox IPAM Express™ Solution
> Internet Associates IPal
> Men & Mice Suite: IPAM management module
> Nixu NameSurfer Suite
>
> Other related commercial products that also support IPv6:
>
> EMC Ionix IPv6 Availability Manager
> NetCracker (Operational Support Systems or OSS) tool
> OPNET IT Guru (R) Network Planner
>
> Other tools:
>
> network monitoring/analysis systems that support IPv6:
>
> * ntop has been ported to ipv6--although I am unsure of the results.
> http://www.ntop.org/trac/wiki/ntop
> * cold is a snffer/analyzer with ipv6 support.
> http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/6bone/2000-August/003161.html
> * wireshark is a fantastic sniffer/analyzer, and it supports ipv6.
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/
> * snoop comes with Solaris 10, and it supports ipv6.
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-4554/gexky?a=view
> * tracepath6 and traceroute6 come with the iptraf package for linux.
> * ethereal has a non-commercial version. http://www.ethereal.com/
> * iperf lets you simply monitor ipv6 tcp/udp performance.
> http://dast.nlanr.net/projects/Iperf/
> * mtr uses traceroute and ping, http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/
> * nagios is a host/server/service monitoring tool. http://www.nagios.org/
> * weathermap creates a visual network diagram showing health.
> http://netmon.grnet.gr/weathermap/
>
>
> & finally:
> http://www.getipv6.info/index.php/IPv6_Management_Tools
>