Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) was developed to replace IP version 4 (IPv4). IPv6 addresses are 128-bit IP addresses, compared to the 32-bit addresses in IPv4. IPv6 is becoming more common in data center network environments, and vSphere has included support for IPv6 since vSphere 5.x.
IPv6 in a vSphere design
How to do it...
Refer the following steps to design and implement IPv6:
- Enable IPv6 on the ESXi host
- Determine the vSphere features and services with IPv6 support
- Configure the VMkernel interfaces to use IPv6
How it works...
By default, IPv6 support is enabled...