IS-IS for IPv6

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IS-IS for IPv6 is an extension of the IS-IS interior gateway routing protocol that enables dynamic routing and topology discovery in IPv6 networks.

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IS-IS 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IPv6 routing protocol
routing protocol extension
advertises IPv6 prefixes in TLVs
IPv6 reachability information
basedOn IS-IS for IPv6 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IS-IS
belongsToCategory interior gateway protocol
link-state interior gateway protocol
compatibleWith dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 networks
competesWith OSPFv3
definedIn RFC 5308
discovers adjacencies between IS-IS routers
doesNotUse IP header for transport
enables dynamic routing in IPv6 networks
topology discovery in IPv6 networks
encodesInformationWith Type-Length-Value (TLV) structures
exchanges Link State PDUs (LSPs)
extendsSpecification ISO 10589
RFC 1195
runsDirectlyOver Layer 2
supportsAddressFamily IPv4 unicast
IPv6 unicast
supportsDeploymentModel multi-topology IPv4/IPv6 routing
single-topology IPv4/IPv6 routing
supportsFeature IPv6 global unicast prefix distribution
IPv6 link-local addressing on interfaces
IPv6 prefix advertisement
Multi-Topology IS-IS
equal-cost multipath (ECMP)
fast convergence
multi-area routing
route summarization
traffic engineering extensions
supportsLevel Level-1 routing
Level-2 routing
multi-level hierarchical routing
supportsProtocol IP
IPv6
supportsSecurityFeature HMAC-based authentication
authentication of IS-IS PDUs
usedIn large enterprise networks
service provider core networks
uses Dijkstra
surface form: Dijkstra shortest path first algorithm

TLV encoding
link-state advertisements
link-state database
link-state routing
usesAddressing NSAP addresses for routers
usesHelloProtocol IS-IS Hello PDUs
usesProtocolNumber ISO 10589 (CLNS over Layer 2)

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IS-IS for IPv6 basedOn IS-IS for IPv6 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IS-IS