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Configuring Expand-Over-IP Lines
The Expand-over-IP line-handler process provides connectivity to an Internet Protocol
(IP) network. The Expand-over-IP line-handler process uses the services of the
NonStop TCP/IP subsystem to provide Expand-over-IP connections.
Effective with the G06.20 RVU, NonStop TCP/IPv6 supports IP version 6 (IPv6)
communications. The major change in IPv6 is that it supports a larger, 128-bit (16-byte)
IP address that helps to address the growing number of machines and devices on the
Internet.
NonStop TCP/IPv6 includes all the features of Parallel Library TCP/IP (TCP/IP/PL)
along with support of (optional) IPv6 communications and, with G06.22, logical network
partitioning (LNP).
You cannot run NonStop TCP/IPv6 and Parallel Library TCP/IP on the same system,
however you can run NonStop TCP/IP and NonStop TCP/IPv6 on the same system.
For more information about NonStop TCP/IP, Parallel Library TCP/IP, and NonStop
TCP/IPv6, refer to the TCP/IP Configuration and Management Manual, the TCP/IP
(Parallel Library) Configuration and Management Manual, and the TCP/IPv6
Configuration and Management Manual.
An Expand-over-IP line-handler process can be configured as a single line, as part of a
multi-line path, or as part of multi-CPU path. This section explains how to configure an
Expand-over-IP line-handler process as a single-line or as part of a multi-CPU path.
Configuring Expand-over-IP lines that are part of a multi-line path is explained in
Section 14, Configuring Multi-Line Paths.