I recently had a discussion with some practitioners about requirements to IP Address Management (IPAM) solutions which are specific for IPv6 networks. We came up with the following:
Mandatory: Track all dynamic IPv6 assignments (SLAAC + PrivExtensions, DHCP
etc.), by polling neighbor caches from network devices. Support SNMPv3 for this
task.
Optional (read: nice-to-have): support other methods than SNMP to gather this
info (e.g. SSH-ing into devices and execution of appropriate “show” commands).
Mandatory: Display connected switch port (incl. device name or CDP-type info) for all addresses.
Mandatory: Be able to sort addresses according to their categories, e.g. “show
all SLAAC systems vs. all systems with DHCPv6 addresses”.
Optional: Be able to easily identify systems which have several types
_simultaneously_ (e.g. “static + SLAAC address”, “SLAAC + DHCP managed
address”).
Mandatory: Full support for RFC 5952 notation in all UIs (both entry and display
of addresses).
Optional: be able to display addresses in other formats in reports or exported
files (e.g. CSV files).
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Hope that some of you might find this useful when reflecting on the topic; have a great day everybody
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