About writing ipv6 addresses – Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 User Manual
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System overview
Example illustration
Example: Since one server in the system can only use IPv6, all communication with
that server must use IPv6. However, that server also determines the IP version for
communication between all other servers in the system.
No XProtect Enterprise integration
If you use IPv6, you cannot integrate XProtect Enterprise servers into your system.
No Matrix Monitor compatibility
If using IPv6, you cannot use the Matrix Monitor application with your system. Matrix functionality in
XProtect Smart Client is not affected.
About writing IPv6 addresses
An IPv6 address is usually written as eight blocks of four hexadecimal digits, with each block
separated by a colon.
Example: 2001:0B80:0000:0000:0000:0F80:3FA8:18AB
You may shorten addresses by eliminating leading zeros in a block. Also note that some of the four-
digit blocks may consist of zeros only. If any number of such 0000 blocks are consecutive, you may
shorten addresses by replacing the 0000 blocks with two colons as long as there is only one such
double colon in the address.
Example:
2001:0B80:0000:0000:0000:0F80:3FA8:18AB can be shortened to
2001:B80:0000:0000:0000:F80:3FA8:18AB if removing the leading zeros, or to
2001:0B80::0F80:3FA8:18AB if removing the 0000 blocks, or even to
2001:B80::F80:3FA8:18AB if removing the leading zeros as well as the 0000 blocks.
Using IPv6 Addresses in URLs
IPv6 addresses contain colons. Colons, however, are also used in other types of network addressing
syntax. For example, IPv4 uses a colon to separate IP address and port number when both are used
in a URL. IPv6 has inherited this principle. Therefore, to avoid confusion, square brackets are put
around IPv6 addresses when they are used in URLs.
Example of a URL with an IPv6 address:
, which may of course be shortened to,
for exampl