Presentation prepared by Mr James Wong, Managing Director, A10 Networks Inc

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How Do We Finally Get to IPv6?
James Wong

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IPv6 Adoption Challenges
 Large Investment in current IPv4 Infrastructure
 Older PCs, Laptops & Internet Devices etc
 Operating Systems like Windows Vista, XP, 98, etc to the „mere mortals‟
 Common Applications like Skype, WLM, etc..
 The Internet is still very much IPv4
 Lack of IPv6 Skills
 Uncertainty of Market Demand
 Lack of IPv6 Products and Solutions

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 IPv6 requires a full IPv6 chain of communication
 From End Devices / Clients (desktop, laptop, game device, smartphone)
 To Service Providers (Internet Service Providers, Mobile Network Operators)
 To Enterprise / Content Providers
Challenges
 No backwards
compatibility
 If any of the three
migrates before the
other two, the
communication is
broken!
Least we forget….

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Definition : Migration is the act of people moving from one place to
another.
Migration?

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Definition : To exist together at the same time or in the same place
Co-Existence

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IPv4
IPv4
• 6to4
IPv4
• LSN
• 6RD
• SLB-PT
IPv4/IPv6
• LSN
• DS-Lite
• SLB-PT
• NAT64
• 6RD
IPv4/IPv6
• NAT64
IPv6
Destination : IPv6
Initial Plans
made for
IPv6
IPv4 address runs out :
Feb 2011. Effort to move to
IPv6 on: ISP to provide
IPv6 over their IPv4
network, moving to using
private addresses, making
legacy IPv4 services
available to IPv6 users,
etc..
with network slowly migrating to support
dual stack, it is necessary to take care of
the issue of backward compatibility.
Technologies like NAT64‟/ DNS64 to
provide bridging for IPv6 to access IPv4.
6rd/ds-lite/dualstack is technologies to
facilitates deployment of IPv6, as well as
IPv4 to users at the same time.
Coexist of IPv4 and IPv6!
With possibly mass
deployment of dual – stack
via either or all 6rd/ds-lite/
dual-stack/6to4/sam/etc..
NAt64/dns64 to bridge ipv6
to ipv4, coexistence will be
there until most internet or
services are moved
towards ipv6. Believe this
will continue for a while.

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What are the methods used for IPv6 migration?
Dual-Stack Encapsulation Translation

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The secret to seamless IPv6 transition?
 There isn’t one… no panacea… no one solution fits all
 Each solution has its own pros & cons

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Service Providers’ IPv4 preservation
and IPv6 migration paths
NAT44 NAT444 6rd
Dual
Stack
DS-Lite NAT64/
DNS64
Looked at
Mobile
Operator
Most Occasional None Most None Many
ISP Many Many Many Most Some Some
Challenge Solved
IPv4
exhaustion      
IPv6
Service
Access
     
IPv6-Only-
Client
access
IPv4
     

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Service Providers’ combined solutions
NAT44 + Dual Stack +
DNS64/NAT64
6rd + NAT444 +
DNS64/NAT64
DS-Lite +
DNS64/NAT64
Looked at
Mobile Operator Most None None
ISP Some Some Some
Challenge Solved
IPv4
exhaustion   
IPv6 Service
Access   
IPv6-Only-Client
access IPv4   

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Enterprises Today
 Typical Enterprises Today
Challenges faced by
Enterprises /
Content Providers:
 No more IPv4
addresses for new
services
 No IPv6 services to IPv6
clients

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Enterprises’ IPv6 migration paths
SLB-PT NAT64/DNS64
Main Target
Always Many
Enterprises
Challenge solved
IPv4 exhaustion  
IPv6 Service Access  
IPv6-Only client
access IPv4  
Technology NAT + SLB NAT/DNS
Pre-Requisite Data center with IPv6 access Data center with IPv6 access

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Summary
 IPv4 address depletion, IPv6 is a must
 Challenges for compatibility issues
 Technologies like 6rd, DS-Lite and even Dual-Stack is to
facilitates IPv6 deployment
 Feature concurrency for flexibility in deploying IPv6
 ISP: flexibility to roll out service when needed
 Enterprise: flexibility to deploy and migrate to IPv6, keeping backward
compatibility to existing IPv4 network/services
 Graceful HA failover – no interruption to users when
network failover
 Cost effective, High performance system

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More Than 40 Telcos & ISPs…
 NAT44
 NAT64 / DNS64
 DS-Lite
 NAT444
 6RD
 (Exclude SLB-PT)
 And I can’t put on paper who they are…. Talk to A10 guys
and our partners….

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Just A Thought Before I go :
Forced Transition vs Solution-Led Transition
 Showcasing IPv6 ready products and solutions
 To build confidence
 Develop e-Govt and/or e-Citizen Services

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Forced Transition vs Solution-Led
Transition
Just A Thought Before I go…

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What’s In The IPv6 Promise Land?
• Abundant address space
• Auto-configuration
• Mobility
• No More “NAT”ing
• Embedded IP security
• End-to-end communications
• Extensibility for new features
• New business opportunities
• Enables the “Internet of Things,” which is a global internet
interconnecting everyday objects and dominated by machine-to-
machine communications
• Improvements in automation, productivity, and efficiency
• Strategic cost reduction
• Engenders innovative business models in a variety of sectors
Cellphon
e
TV Surveillan
ce
Camera
Game
Console
eBook
Heart
Rate
Monitor
Digital
Weight
Scale
Digital
DVD
Recorder
Car

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Potential Ideas….
 Showcasing IPv6 ready products and solutions
 To build confidence
 Develop e-Govt and/or e-Citizen Services
 Flood Monitoring and Warning Systems
 Electric Utilities
 Healthcare – e.g. for the elderly
 Transportation – new version of EMAS? ERP?
 E-Learning
 Smart Home Appliances
 Possible in IPv4 world but easier and better in IPv6 world!

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Industry-leading Implementations

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Talk To Us….
 Leader in IPv6 migration technologies
for Service Providers and Enterprises
 Solutions in real-world production
deployments today
 Ensures rapid Internet growth can
continue despite IPv4 address
depletion
 All-inclusive appliances

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A10 Networks Introduction
 A10 Networks founded in 2004
 Application Delivery Controllers (Load Balancing)
 IPv6 Migration
 In 2011, A10 Networks
 Is the fastest growing company in the ADC market with 4,927%
three-year sales growth
 Is the technology and market leader in the new IPv6 Migration
market with large-scale, live IPv6 deployments
 Has 1000+ customers in production for ADC and IPv6 migration
 History of awards for A10’s IPv6 Solutions
 A10 is the market leader
 IPv4/IPv6 at the Tokyo Interop ShowNet (for 4 years), IETF and
NANOG meetings
2007
2008
2009

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Thank You
 For more information
 Service Providers
 Enterprises/Content Providers
 Visit ipv6.a10networks.com
 We also support legacy IPv4 clients at www.a10networks.com 