Start Here: Cisco IOS XE Software Release Specifics for IPv6 Features
First Published: May 5, 2008
Last Updated: July 25, 2011
This document lists the IP version 6 (IPv6) features Cisco IOS XE software release trains.
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The Use of Hash Message Authentication Code Federal Information Processing Standard 180-1 within Encapsulating Security Payload and Authentication Header
RFC 2406
IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
RFC 2407
The Internet Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP
RFC 2408
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
RFC 2409
Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
RFC 2460
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC 2461
Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
RFC 2462
IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
RFC 2463
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC 2467
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks
RFC 2472
IP Version 6 over PPP
RFC 2474
Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
RFC 2475
AnArchitecture for Differentiated Services Framework
RFC 2492
IPv6 over ATM Networks
RFC 2545
Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing
RFC 2590
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification
RFC 2597
Assured Forwarding PHB
RFC 2598
An Expedited Forwarding PHB
RFC 2697
A Single Rate Three Color Marker
RFC 2698
A Two Rate Three Color Marker
RFC 2710
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
RFC 2711
IPv6 Router Alert Option
RFC 2858
Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
RFC 2893
Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
RFC 3056
Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
RFC 3147
Generic Routing Encapsulation over CLNS Networks
RFC 3162
RADIUS and IPv6
RFC 3315
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 4302
IP Authentication Header
RFC 4306
Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol
RFC 4308
Cryptographic Suites for IPsec
RFC 4382
MPLS/BGP Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Management Information Base
RFC 4443
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC 4552
Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3
RFC 4659
BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
RFC 4724
Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
RFC 4798
Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)
RFC 4818
RADIUS Delegated-IPv6-Prefix Attribute
RFC 4861
Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
RFC 5095
Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
RFC 5120
M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)
RFC 5308
Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
RFC 5340
OSPF for IPv6
The draft RFCs supported are as follows:
•draft-bonica-internet-icmp, ICMP Extensions for Multiprotocol Label Switching
•draft-suz-pim-upstream-detection, PIM Upstream Detection Among Multiple Addresses, February 2003
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