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  Welcome to the Hewlett-Packard
Next Generation Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) web site

HP is rolling out IPv6 support in stages with the goal of ensuring a smooth transition and deployment where IPv6-updated applications can take advantage of IPv6, without breaking existing applications.

HP has an IPv6 Core Team led by the Office of Strategy and Technology and is enabling all of its products to be IPv6 capable. HP uses its technical expertise to develop products and demonstrate them to the industry.
  • HP ProCurve high end switches support IPv6
    • The ProVision ASIC http://www.hp.com/rnd/itmgrnews/built_for_future.htm offers full support for IPv6 in hardware, which enables switches that use the ProVision ASIC to not only support current IPv6 capabilities, but also incorporate future features as they arise.
    • The programmable ProVision ASIC enables current ProCurve switches, such as the 5400 and 3500 series, to deliver a rich ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture™ experience and sophisticated ProCurve ProActive Defense security features right to the edge of the network.
  • HP Business Technology Optimization Network Management Center platform and Opsware Network Automation System software, now called Hewlett-Packard Network Automation (HPNA) can manage IPv6-IPv4 devices
  • HP Enterprise Jetdirect printers support IPv6
    • HP was among the first printer companies to release an IPv6 product, HP JetDirect 635n IPv6/IPsec print server. It can go into any printer with an EIO slot therefore the customer has a lot of choices on the type of printer IPv6 is deployed on. HP JetDirect 635n has IPv6 ready logo for both core and IPsec. HP's 635n is the only print server that is certified as "IPv6 Capable" by the Department of Defense --and therefore the only print server that is on the approved buying list of the DoD.
    • LaserJet printers which are IPv6 enabled and have the IPv6 Phase II logo as well: HP LaserJet P2014n Printer and P3005n.
  • HP OpenCall Software brings IPv6 towards IP Multimedia Subsystem
    • HP OpenCall USP SIP and Diameter have IPv6 support. HP OpenCall HSS application currently has IPV6 support included. HP OpenCall MRFP has IPv6 and H.248 support built in.
  • HP StorageWorks Division provides a customer statement of support committing support of IPv6 per the US OMB mandate (June 2008). http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/458106-0-0-0-121.html
    • HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity, IP Distance Gateway and HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router have IPv6 Ready Phase II gold logo
  • HP IT provides IPv6 support to R&D labs
  IPv6 technology is still evolving. This is to be expected and is a normal evolution of Internet standards. HP is committed to supporting the development of IPv6 and Mobile IPv6. Its product portfolio will continue to expand, covering today’s and tomorrow’s needs, from development of consumer devices and networking infrastructure to support of back-end billing and customer care. HP is partnering with leading edge solutions providers to create an exciting new world of communications, helping to integrate infrastructure solutions with end-user devices, and providing packaged solutions to the market.

See HP and IPv6 products presentation slide deck for more details

  HP has been a key designer and implementer of IPv6 since 1995, and was a member of the IETF Internet Protocol Next Generation Directorate that selected IPv6 as the next-generation Internet protocol to transition from IPv4. HP is one of the original founders and catalysts to create the industry IPv6 Forum. The Chief Technology Officer of the IPv6 Forum is an HP Senior Fellow. HP has one IPv6 Forum Fellow. HP both chairs the North American IPv6 Task Force and is the Technology Director. HP has key engineers who have been involved in IPv6 since its inception within the IETF and are regular participants and speakers at IPv6 industry events.

Growing adoption of the Internet by consumers drives several markets such as home devices, mobile wireless equipment, transportation, media and others to introduce a new generation of products that embed an Internet Protocol (IP). Global IP connectivity pushes services towards the edge of the network, where a particular device needs to be reached, served or monitored. This requires that Internet-enabled devices can be assigned and use globally unique IP addresses. The need for always-on environments to be globally reachable precludes IP address conversion, pooling, and temporary allocation techniques, and the “plug and play” always-on consumer Internet appliance requirements further increase IP address pressure.

Growth and innovation on the Internet depends on the continued availability of IP address space. The subject of IPv4 address depletion is important to most, if not all, organizations which rely on IP and Internet capabilities to support their businesses. The amount of IPv4 address space is limited and it is generally accepted that the remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 address space is likely to be fully allocated within two to four years. IP address registries around the globe announced this year that due to the pending depletion of existing IPv4 address space, “migration to IPv6 is necessary for any applications that require ongoing availability … of contiguous IP number resources” . IPv6 addresses the urgent need emerging markets have for additional IP address space. IPv6 provides the necessary address space for future growth.

HP believes that IPv6 is the only solution that will allow the Internet to grow and scale into the next decade and beyond. As a fundamental enabler, IPv6 not only provides a powerful foundation for rolling out new and improved services, it can help to revolutionize the way people and devices interact online by having end-to-end connections across virtually any type of network.
 

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