IPv6 Pre-Conference Workshop
Monday, October 7, 2024 - Tuesday, October 8, 2024
6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, NY 13057
Organizers
New York State Education and Research Network (NYSERNET)
The Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC)
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
University of South Carolina (USC)
Overview
This hands-on workshop will cover IPv6 fundamentals and practical deployments. It will start with the basics of IPv6, including IPv6 addressing, global unicast address (GUI), link-local address (LLA), and IPv6 multicast address. The workshop will also cover techniques used to enable auto-configuration of IPv6 addresses: stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), stateless dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), and stateful DHCP. Then, the workshop will discuss static and dynamic routing on IPv6 networks, covering both intra-domain and inter-domain routing. Finally, the workshop will cover monitoring and configuration of end systems, e.g., configuration of DNS and HTTP servers, and access control lists. Concepts will be reinforced with hands-on laboratory experiments.
Audience
The workshop is targeted to IT professionals such as system administrators, network engineers, and practitioners in general. The content is also suitable for IT leadership who may want to further understand best practices supporting research and education activities on campus. Additionally, systematic hands-on lab libraries will be made available to educators interested in incorporating the materials on their programs.
Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, attendees will:
- Understand IPv6 addresses.
- Deploy and operate IPv6 networks by statically configuring IPv6 addresses on routers, DNS servers, Web servers, and other end devices.
- Describe the operation of the Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC).
- Understand the operation of stateless and stateful DHCPv6.
- Deploy and operate IPv6 networks with DHCP and SLAAC.
- Explain dynamic intra-domain routing with OSPFv3 on an IPv6 network.
- Explain dynamic inter-domain routing with BGP on an IPv6 network.
- Deploy and operate an IPv6 network with dynamic intra- and inter-domain routing.
Pre-requisites
Connectivity to the Internet and a browser to access the online virtual platform. Attendees will be provided with an account to access USC’s NETLAB system: https://netlab.cec.sc.edu/
Agenda
Day 1: Monday, October 7
| Time (EDT) | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Arrivals, Informal Discussion | |
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome & Introductions | Jason Zurawski |
| 8:45-9:30 | Intro to IPv6 [PDF, PPT] | Doug Southworth |
| 9:30-10:15 | Hands-on session 1: Introduction and Basic Configuration [PDF, PPT] | Jose Gomez |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Campus IPv6 - Planning and strategy [PDF, PPT] | Corey Eichelberger |
| 11:15 -12:15 | Jose Gomez | |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Corey Eichelberger | |
| 14:15-14:45 | IPv6 Systems [PDF, PPT] | Corey Eichelberger |
| 14:45-15:15 | Jose Gomez | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Hands-on session 3: Systems Configuration (cont) |
|
| 16:00-16:45 | IPv6 Routing [PDF, PPT] | Corey Eichelberger |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Summary, Questions | Jason Zurawski |
| Survey | ||
Day 2: Tuesday, October 8
| Time (EDT) | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Arrivals, Breakfast, Informal Discussion | |
| 8:30-9:15 | IPv6 Performance and Monitoring [PDF, PPT] | Doug Southworth |
| 9:15-9:30 | IPv6 Wireless & SC23 Architecture [PDF, PPT] | Corey Eichelberger |
| 9:30-10:30 | Hands-on session 4: IPv6 Dynamic & Interdomain Routing [PDF, PPT] | Jose Gomez |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Data Mobility [PDF, PPT] | Jason Zurawski |
| 11:15-12:00 | Hands-on session 5: Performance Monitoring & Science DMZ [PDF, PPT] | Jose Gomez |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
|
| Survey | ||
Access to Lab Platform
To access the lab platform, please use the following URL: https://netlab.cec.sc.edu/
Resources
| Item | Note |
|---|---|
| IPv6 VM: Link | Virtual Machine used in the IPv6 lab series |
| perfSONAR5 VM: Link | Virtual Machine used in the perfSONAR5 lab series |
| NTP VM: Link | Virtual Machine used in the NTP lab series |
| IPv6 lab manuals: Link | Link to all the IPv6 lab manuals |
| perfSONAR5 lab manuals: Link | Link to all the perfSONAR5 lab manuals |
| NTP lab manuals: Link | Link to all the NTP lab manuals |
| Cybertraining Material: Link | List of virtual labs on P4, SDN, network tools and protocols, ... |
| perfSONAR5 Docker container: Link | This container runs the perfSONAR toolkit |
| Software-Defined Networks: A Systems Approach: Link | A book that explores the key principles of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) |
| Mininet: Link | Virtual testbed enabling the development and testing of network tools and protocols |
| Containernet: Link | Mininet fork that allows to use Docker containers as hosts in emulated networks |
| Mininet Installation: Link | A guide that describes the steps to install Mininet on Linux |
| Wireshark: Link | Packet analyzer used for network troubleshooting, analysis, protocol development, and education |