Cisco, Juniper conduct trial of fed’s IPv6 tests
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory in July conducted the first trial of the U.S. federal government's new IPv6 test suite on equipment from 10 leading network vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Sun.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new IPv6 compliance testing program called USGv6 Test Program. All routers, hosts and network security systems must pass the USGv6 Test Program by July 2010 in order to be sold to U.S. federal agencies.
Source [ NetworkWorld ]
Juniper Networks new ipv6 features in E-Series
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced new features on the E Series Broadband Service Router. Newly introduced features for the E Series include an advanced line module for the E320 Broadband Services Router and multiple IPv6 features that enhance existing service delivery capabilities.
The new IPv6 features for the E Series help promote seamless scaling with IPv6 support for dynamic subscriber interfaces, in-service software upgrades and DHCPv6 local pools for dynamic IPv6 address assignment over Ethernet. These new features work in conjunction with a broad set of currently supported IPv6 Broadband Service Routing features, including a unique 'dual-stack' IPv6 and IPv4 capability, which facilitates increased investment protection migration to new, advanced revenue-generating services.
Source : [ Juniper Press Release ]
NTT Communications selects Alcatel-Lucent to launch Japan’s first IPv6-compatible IP-VPN service based on MPLS
Paris, August 4, 2009 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has deployed Alcatel-Lucent’s service router solution as the base for its Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Network (VPN) service, which now supports both IPv4 and next generation IPv6 protocols (*IPv4/IPv6 dual stack) for enterprise users. Offered as an option for its Arcstar™ IP-VPN service, this is the country’s first commercial IPv6 compatible IP VPN service based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) was first deployed in 2007 to support NTT Com’s IP-VPN IPv4-based service, where its reliability and flexibility were put to the test by the high demands of NTT Com’s enterprise customers. Now, with IPv4 addresses approaching exhaustion, NTT Com again chose Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to be used on a single network, offering a smooth, relatively low-cost IPv6 migration for its enterprise customers.
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