Creating an IPv6 implementation plan

[JORDI PALET MARTINEZ]

Hi Rebecca,

You may be interested in coming to the next NANOG/ARIN meeting in ABQ, where
there will be a workshop targeted on practical aspects of implementing IPv6
in ISPs.

http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XX/index.html

Regards,
Jordi




> De: Rebecca Karpinski <rkarpinski at cablesystem.com>
> Responder a: <ipv6-ops-bounces+jordi.palet=consulintel.es at lists.cluenet.de>
> Fecha: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:41:27 -0400
> Para: <ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de>
> Asunto: Creating an IPv6 implementation plan
> Nuevo envío de: Daniel Roesen <dr at cluenet.de>
> Nuevo envío para: <ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de>
> Fecha de nuevo envío: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:56:31 +0200
> 
> Well, here's hoping we're not too late to join the party.
> This will probably be long, and for that I apologize in advance.
> My Goal:
> Create an IPv6 implementation plan for our company (smallish cable company &
> ISP in mid-west USA) that accommodates our plans for growth (SIP anyone?)
> through the projected IPv4 runout but does not hinder said growth by being
> generally defective and losing our established customer base to the big-boys
> playing in our sandbox.
> 
> Background:
> I'm probably what you'd call a "junior" engineer.  I've been working for
> this company in various capacities for about 7 years, but have only been
> part of our IP engineering group for a little over 1 year, and am still
> learning a lot.  (They had to send me to a class on OSPF and BGP when I
> started in this department, but I'm much better now ;> )Since around
> January, I've been subscribed to ARIN's ppml mailing list, and have been
> slowly getting myself acquainted with the IPv4 -> IPv6 situation.  In
> February I submitted a completed copy of the ARIN IPv6 request form to my
> superiors for review (in the hopes we'd turn it in.)  In July, one of the
> big-wigs in the company must've read an article about IPv6 because now we're
> in an all-fired hurry to get an implementation plan put together (we got our
> /32 allocation toward the end of July)  I posted a bit of our situation in
> the ppml list and someone recommended I do so here as well, as this list is
> probably more appropriate to get operational information than the policies
> list.  I've spent the last 2 weeks reading through the archives, and think
> I'm getting a basic handle of the current situation.
> 
> "Challenges"
> Much of the documentation that I'm finding that details implementation plans
> for ISPs deploying IPv6 predate 6bone being dismantled, and all predate the
> issues with Type 0 Routing Headers. (Does that matter?  I don't know.)  I
> find myself trying to correlate many disparate and contradictory sets of
> instructions and it is beyond confusing. (6 to 4, 6 over 4, tunneling, NAT,
> DON'T NAT, p2p link numbering, and so much more)
> 
> Plan thus far:
> 1. Dual stack our core network, which currently consists of a mix of
> Foundry, Juniper, and Cisco gear.
>    a. Can't find consensus on BCP for numbering this network.  It doesn't
> help that we don't follow BCP for numbering in IPv4, but this might be an
> opportunity to do things "right" - if I could figure out what that means.
>    b. Still need to find out where each piece of hardware is on the spectrum
> of IPv6 readiness.  (Not possible vs. needs upgrades vs. ready)
> 2. Locate subscribers willing to become V6 testers.  It appears that it
> would be much easier from a technical standpoint to do so with our Direct
> Ethernet and Frame Relay customers than our Cable Modem subscribers as we
> are still trying to find equipment to TEST that is/will be supposedly DOCSIS
> 3 compliant.  Unfortunately, our business customers are... shall we say,
> less adventurous than many of our residential cable modem subscribers, so we
> may not have any takers until we can implement V6 capable CMTS and modem
> equipment.
> 3. Implement test environment for subscribers including
>    a. DNS
>    b. Hosted sites
>    c. DHCP?
>    d. BGP?  (We are currently multi-homed with 4 different providers, about
> to add a fifth, and have 10 OC-12 & OC-3 circuits with said providers.  Of
> those, I don't believe ANY have native IPv6, but I believe Sprint will do
> tunneling if we bat our eyelashes whilst we hassle them endlessly)
>    e. Email (this is outsourced so that is a big question mark...)
> 4. Implement a test environment for our internal/corporate network.  (this
> may happen prior to # 2, but I have serious concerns that our billing
> software will be... problematic.)
> 
> You may notice I don't really have much in the way of details in this plan,
> and that is because I'm having a lot of trouble wrapping my head around this
> issue based on the reading I've done so far.  I'm looking to find CURRENT
> resources (ie recently reviewed and updated) that will help us form our
> plans.  Classes would be AMAZING, conferences would be good, and books and
> articles to use vs. avoid would also be helpful.  Not only do I need to
> understand this process, but also the senior engineers who will actually put
> in the purchase orders for any equipment or upgrades, and managers who will
> be paying for said classes/conferences/upgrades.  The only consensus I CAN
> find right now in the forums and sites is... we probably should've started
> this process last year.  :(
> (Well, there are a few people who still think we won't run out of v4 until
> 2030, but I consider them to be a rather vocal minority.)
> 
> Rebecca Karpinski
> Core Network Engineer
> Buckeye CableSystem
> 
> 
> 




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