How to get IPv6 Address for configuring in hp-ux from IPv4

[Sunny Anthony]

Hi,

Currently I have IPv4 running on my systems and now I want to configure IPv6 but how to get that 128 address from my systems.



root@testhp01>lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/1/2/0 0x0017087C793A 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/1/2/1 0x0017087C793B 1 UP lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/4/1/0 0x00156004C4C2 2 UP lan2 snap2 3 ETHER Yes 119
0/4/1/1 0x00156004C4C3 3 UP lan3 snap3 4 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg0 0x000000000000 900 DOWN lan900 snap900 6 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg1 0x000000000000 901 DOWN lan901 snap901 7 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg2 0x000000000000 902 DOWN lan902 snap902 8 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg3 0x000000000000 903 DOWN lan903 snap903 9 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg4 0x000000000000 904 DOWN lan904 snap904 10 ETHER Yes 119

[Mark McDonald_2]

You need a network that will support it first - are your switches and routers set up for ipv6.

FROM WIKIPEDIA:
IPv6 hosts can configure themselves automatically when connected to a routed IPv6 network using ICMPv6 router discovery messages. When first connected to a network, a host sends a link-local multicast router solicitation request for its configuration parameters; if configured suitably, routers respond to such a request with a router advertisement packet that contains network-layer configuration parameters