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IPV6/IPV4
Network
TC/LINK Server
IPV6/IPV4
KCSClient
IPV4
EmailServer
IPV4
KCSClient
IPV6
LS1
IPV4
KCSCore
IPV6/IPV4
In this way administrators may perform the migration towards IPv6 step by step, for example starting by IPv6
enabling of the servers, and then adding IPv6 for related client applications.
6.5.3
KCS Support for IPv6 Only Infrastructure
All IPv6 enabled KCS applications/modules may be used also in the IPv6 only network, except for KCS
hardware which supports IPv4 protocol only (the Mod 305 LS1, TC15
, …)
Due to the incompatibility between IPv4 and IPv6, the IPv6-only hosts cannot directly talk with IPv4
applications. This is where the so-called IPv6 to IPv4 translation techniques step in.
Several translation techniques exist, but the most popular and commonly available on Cisco routers is the
NAT-PT (Network Address Translation
– Protocol Translation) standardized by IETF in the RFC 2766: