Enabling IPv6

This topic includes the following sections:

•

Overview

•	Enabling IPv6

•	IPv4 and IPv6 Interoperability

•	Oracle Tuxedo MP Mode Interoperability

Overview

IPv6 is the next generation internet protocol. It fixes a number of problems in IPv4, such as the limited number of available IPv4 addresses. It also adds many improvements to IPv4 in areas such as routing and network autoconfiguration. IPv6 has strong mobile device support, and has attractive features for ISPs or Telecom companies, such as QoS and security. IPv6 is expected to gradually replace IPv4, with the two coexisting for a number of years during a transition period.

Note:

Oracle Tuxedo 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.0) only supports IPv6 basic functionality in this release. Advanced IPv6 features (for example, QoS and flow control) are not supported.

Enabling IPv6

A Tuxedo process can only supports one IP version at the same time. In order to switch between IPv4 and IPv6, you must use the TMUSEIPV6 environment variable. For more information, see tuxenv(5)in the File Formats, Data Descriptions, MIBs, and System Processes Reference in the Tuxedo 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.0) Reference Guide.

The default value is n|N (IPv4). If TMUSEIPV6 is set to y|Y IPv6 is used as the network protocol.

TMUSEIPV6 can be set in the *MACHINES, *GROUPS, *SERVERS sections in the UBBCONFIG file, or you can set it before booting Tuxedo.

IPv6 Address Format

The following are valid IPv6 formats:

•	fe80:0:0:0:202:55ff:fecf:50b

•	fe80::202:55ff:fecf:50b

Tuxedo support two formats of V6 address:

//[IPv6 address]:port

//hostname:port

The IPv6 address in the URL is enclosed by square brackets. For hostname, it does not need to be enclosed by square brackets. For example: //[fe80::202:55ff:fecf:50b]:9010 or //bjaix5:9010

You can use[::] or [0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0] as IPv6 wildcard addresses. For example:

For a server booted on bjaix5 (a dual stack machine), the wildcard address can be //[::]:60120

or //[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0]:60120

The server listens on 60120 on all bjaix5 interfaces (172.22.34.45 and fe80::202:55ff:fecf:50b). It can accept IPv6 and IPv4 protocol.

Tuxedo Component IPv6 Support

Following Tuxedo components support IPv6:

•	BRIDGE & BSBRIDGE

•

tlisten

•

GWTDOMAIN

•

WSL/WSH

•

WS

•

CERT-C

•

Jolt

•

ISL/ISH

•	CORBA client

•

SNMP

•

SALT

•	CORBA & ATMI SSL LDAP

Notes:

Tuxedo invokes database XA call back to operate with database. For XA IPv6 depends on the database vendor support.

WEBGUI does not support IPv6

IPv4 and IPv6 Interoperability

Tuxedo supports the following TCP/IP address formats:

•

IPv4 only

•

IPv6 only

•	IPv4 and IPv6 mixed environment

Note:

Windows 2000, 20003, and XP platforms do not support dual stack.

Table 7‑1 summarizes IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability.

 

Table 7‑1 IPv4 and IPv6 Interoperability

	IPv4 Server IPv4 Host Only	IPv6 Server IPv6 Host Only	IPv4 Server Dual Host Stack	IPv6 Server Dual Host Stack
IPv4 client, IPv4-only host	IPv4	No	IPv4	IPv4(1)
IPv6 client, IPv6-only host	No	IPv6	No	IPv6
IPv4 client, dual-stack host	IPv4	No	IPv4	IPv4(1)
IPv6 client, dual-stack host	IPv4	IPv6	IPv4(2)	IPv6

1.	On Linux and UNIX platforms, the server must listen using the IPv6 wildcard address (::).

2.	IPv6 client can connect to an IPv4 server on Dual-stack host with textual V4 IP address only (for example, //10.130.5.144:10002).

Oracle Tuxedo MP Mode Interoperability

If a master uses IPv6 and NADDR & NLSADDR are configured as //[IPv6 address]:port, all slave nodes must use IPv6 as well. Slave nodes using IPv4 cannot start.

If master is using IPv4, all slave nodes must use IPv4 as well. Slave nodes using IPv6 cannot start.

Note:

Oracle Tuxedo MP mode cannot be configured using a wildcard address ([::]) in UBBCONFIG. If you use a wildcard address in MP mode, tmloadcf fails and an ERROR message is sent to ULOG.