mclellan, dave wrote: > Hi everyone: I know you're mostly not z/OS (AKA MVS) technicians. I > apologize for the corner case posting. > > We are researching testing options for testing IPv6 on z/OS which has been > implemented in Communications Server subsystem for a couple of releases. Is > there anyone out there who knows anything about this specific environment, > or who knows someone who knows someone?
I've forwarded your message to a couple of people who should be able to tell you more about this subject. > We can't easily upgrade the physical networking infrastructure in our > mainframe labs, so I'm especially looking for testing options where we can > exercise the protocol enough to validate our current IPv6 support (high > level address lookups and reverse lookup, and TCP over IPv6). You can always use tunneling, which is something which is supported. > Any pointers or references would be much appreciated. IBM's z/OS is IPv6 Ready Phase 1 compliant: http://www.ipv6ready.org/logo_db/logo_search2.php?logoid_number=01-000156&btm=Search Fredrik Tolf wrote: > I'm sorry, but I really don't understand why you would want to upgrade > the physical network. IPv6 should run on most physical networks that > IPv4 can run on, AFAIK. One has to upgrade routers, which are part of the physical network. The cabling/wiring/wireless itself should indeed not care much, though some silly switches don't really like IPv6, not really many fortunately. Greets, Jeroen
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