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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 13, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 41
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Extreme Networks To Participate In
Demo Of IPv6 Capabilities
Extreme Networks Inc, a leader in Ethernet networking, is participating in
this week's IPv6 Demonstration Collaborative Initiative in conjunction with
the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Labs. Extreme Networks will
supply its award-winning Ethernet switching platforms to validate the
performance and interoperability of next-generation IPv6 capabilities as
"ready for deployment."
IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol serving important needs
including the ability to support a much larger IP address space for emerging
communication devices on networks and to provide an enhanced infrastructure
for emerging peer-to-peer applications. Organizations interested in IPv6
include government agencies, service providers, universities and commercial
enterprises working on next generation Internet. As an example, in Asia,
applications such as Web gaming, 3G voice networks and IP videoconferencing
have come to play a much greater amount of backbone and device traffic.
The IPv6 Demonstration Collaborative Initiative, called Moonv6, will be
deployed across geographically dispersed sites in North America. It will use a
secure WAN environment consisting of switch, server and software platforms
from multiple vendors. The tests will demonstrate the functionality of IPv6
including proper base specification, routing and mobility functions with the
network infrastructure supporting DNS for IPv6, NFS, streaming media, common
business applications and Web browsing.
"By implementing this wide-scale demonstration of live applications,
devices
and infrastructure using IPv6 technology, University of New Hampshire
Interoperability Labs is illustrating IPv6 readiness and its practical
implications," said Ben Schultz, managing Engineer for the University of New
Hampshire Interoperability Lab. "We are pleased to include Extreme Networks as
a part of this first-of-its-kind event."
Extreme Networks delivered its first IPv6 protocol-enabled software release
to
customers in October 2001. By working closely with early customers to
implement IPv6 technology in an environment characterized by still-changing
drafts, Extreme was able to deliver its complete implementation in March 2003
to its common customer base. Extreme's extensively tested and scalable IPv6
solution comes from its deep expertise with IP routing and Ethernet. IPv6
extends support for OSPFv3 and RIPng, providing inter-working and
transitioning capabilities with existing IPv4 networks and experimental IPv6
networks.
Extreme Networks has made IPv6 available across its core, aggregation and
edge
switching platforms. Today, this supports its Inferno base of high performance
solutions including the BlackDiamond, Alpine and Summit switches and in the
future will extend to its next-generation core platform. The BlackDiamond
switching platform supports up to 16 Gigabits of pure IPv6 traffic with an
IPv6 module.
10 Gigabit Scalability For IPv6
Through its unique programmability, Extreme's next-generation 4GNSS
switching
ASICs support IPv6 for core Ethernet deployments with 10 Gigabit scalability.
This delivers robust performance even in the face of changing draft
standards.
"Extreme Networks is raising the profile of IPv6 with its participation in
the
first true test that includes multiple vendors, devices and applications,"
said Duncan Potter, vice president of marketing for Extreme Networks. "We are
accomplishing this by incorporating the requirements of network environments
that support IPv4 and IPv6 technology, providing customers with a complete
solution for a smooth migration."
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