This document summarizes a presentation given by Shumon Huque on IPv6 transition efforts in research and education networks. It discusses how organizations like Internet2 and Educause have tried motivating campus IT departments through presentations, workshops, and reports. While some see education networks as behind the curve on IPv6 adoption, the presenter argues all communities are behind and education has some leading adopters. The presentation then provides details on IPv6 deployment at the University of Pennsylvania, including challenges of extending adoption beyond central IT to decentralized groups and outsourced services. It closes by inviting questions from the audience.

1. IPv6 Transition in R&E
Shumon Huque
University of Pennsylvania
NANOG 59, Phoenix, AZ, October 7th 2013
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2. Motivating campuses
•Internet2, Educause have been trying various things for many
years
•Presentations, working groups, training & workshops etc
•ECAR paper a great additional step
•How will it be communicated broadly to campus IT
leadership?
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3. Is edu behind the curve?
•I don’t think so
•All communities are behind where they should be, but I
don’t think edu is comparatively behind
•Larger picture looks bleak, but we have a small group of
leaders in this space
•Need to work on motivating the rest
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4. 4
from world ipv6 launch measurements

5. Are we still Tech pioneers?
•Historic role of universities in creating and deploying
advanced technology
•CS researchers vs IT staff
•Increasingly risk averse nature of university IT departments
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6. IPv6 at Penn
•Strategy document (2009)
• http://www.upenn.edu/computing/ipv6/strategy.html
•Campus network deployment began in 2005
•Portable address space from ARIN (LIR - /32)
•Most of wired network has IPv6
•Wireless lagging (lack of L3 mobility support ...)
•Some key application services:Web, DNS, ...
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7. Challenges
•IPv6 beyond central IT (Penn highly decentralized env)
•Outsourced commercial services
•Security considerations
•Measurement and statistics
•“IPv6 and external collaboration”
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8. Questions?
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Shumon Huque
shuque -@- upenn.edu