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Lalit S Chowdhary
System Engineering
7th June 2012
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Version IHL Type of Service Total Length
Identification Flags Fragment Offset
Time to Live Protocol Header Checksum
Source Address
Destination Address
Version Traffic Class Flow Label
Payload Length Next Header Hop Limit
Source Address
Destination Address
IPv4 Header IPv6 Header
- field’s name kept from IPv4 to IPv6
- fields not kept in IPv6
- Name & position changed in IPv6
- New field in IPv6 Le
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Prevent increased cost
Prevent disruption to website services in the long run
Growth of your global business depends on it
Avoid Diminishing Experience for Your Customers and Access to Your Supply Chain
Ready to deploy Today
Your competition is doing it
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Must be low-cost and low-risk
Must co-exist with existing IPv4 infrastructure
Must allow access to public IPv4 Internet
Must be incrementally deployable
Must understand the cost of adding a new services
Must not impact existing services.
Integration should be seamless
It should not be easily apparent whether IPv4 or IPv6 is used
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Repeat for the Next IPv6-Critical Area in Your Network
3 Develop a design that enables IPv6 without disrupting your IPv4 network
2 Perform IPv6 Assessment on high priority areas to determine scope
4 Test and implement in pilot mode, then extend over time into production
1 Identify the highest priority IPv6-critical areas in your network
Start with a Phased Plan Aligned with Your Business Strategy
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Situation Summary
Over 2,900 companies have pledged support to turn on and leave IPv6 protocols operating within their networks on June 6th. The web pages accessible
from an IPv6 client represents now more than 30% of the internet content.
Some of Cisco's biggest customers are participating and have been working with Advanced Services to develop their implementation plans, but many
others will have recently upgraded software to enable their IPv6 deployment plans, potentially exposing themselves to previously undetected defects in
those code branches.
The joint IT and support command center reported no business impacting issues for Cisco internal and customer IPv6 infrastructure in the first 24
hours, and will continue to monitor network and device statistics for the remainder of the week.
Assignments
Primary Business Function(s): Channels, Sales
Executive Sponsor(s): Padmasree Warrior, Pankaj Patel
Current Status
After the first 24 hours - we have no issues to report from the Cisco internal or customer networks participating in World IPv6 launch.
A core team had gathered in San Jose and remotely to provide around the clock monitoring of TAC cases, IT device statistics and problem queues, external
security feeds and source direct customer feedback from our executive sponsored accounts.
All indicators of possible problems have been zero. Within TAC, we saw just a handful of IPv6 cases, none of which were network impacting. The security
space has also been quiet; although ongoing vigilance will be maintained in the event hackers try to attack recently activated IPv6 networks in the coming
weeks.
The IT support center and change processes executed flawlessly bringing cisco.com to the IPv6 domain.
As of today, more than 30% of the Internet content is now reachable from a v6 client and key Internet exchange statistics suggest originating IPv6 traffic has
more than doubled from earlier in the week.
I think it is fair to draw the conclusion from today that our first group of customer deployments were well thought out and implemented. None reported any
network impacting situations within their environments under current load conditions. We will want to take this experience and apply it to the next group of
Cisco customers who have indicated they will be wanting to add IPv6 capabilities to their networks later in the year.
In many cases, Adv Services is already providing consulting to this pipeline of accounts, and so as the numbers increase there is a tremendous opportunity
to add services and program guidance to replicate what has worked well.
Next Step(s)
Continue to monitor IPv6 case indicators and establish regular reporting at the conclusion of the week.
Enter the learning phase of the engagement to ensure lessons are identified, captured and shared across participating organisations.
Provide input to shape the medium term program responses for customer's who are wanting to activate IPv6 later this year based on the foundations
established for the worldwide launch.
Customer Sentiment
Overall ownership of Cisco's approach to the World IPv6 Launch is being led by a program called the High Impact Project (HIP). Sponsors for this project are
Senior Vice President (SVP), Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior and SVP, General Manager, Pankaj Patel.
Thank you.