TCP/IPv6 Configuration and Management Manual (G06.24+)

Contents

HP NonStop TCP/IPv6 Configuration and Management Manual—524523-008

6. Manage the NonStop TCP/IPv6 Subsystem

Considerations and Guidelines for Using NonStop TCP/IPv6 6-1

Considerations for Round-Robin Filtering 6-2

Fault-Tolerant Operations, Ethernet Failover Guidelines 6-3

QIO Management Considerations 6-5

Application Isolation 6-6

Using the Domain Name Server (DNS) and IPNODES and HOSTS Files 6-6

Stopping NonStop TCP/IPv6 6-7

Preparing to Stop the NonStop TCP/IPv6 Subsystem 6-8

Stopping NonStop TCP/IPv6 and Preserving the Current Configuration 6-11

Stopping NonStop TCP/IPv6 as a Generic Process 6-12

Running Applications in Multiple Environments 6-13

Managing the System Configuration Database 6-14

Configuration Database Management 6-14

Managing Persistence 6-15

Managing the TCP6SAM Process 6-15

How to Manage TCP6SAM-Dependent Applications 6-16

How to Add TCP6MAN as a Generic Process to the System Configuration

Database 6-16

Managing the ND6HOSTD Process 6-18

Configure the ND6HOSTD Process for Address Resolution 6-19

Manage Configuration Errors 6-22

Ethernet Failover for Nonshared IP Behavior 6-22

Prefix Lifetimes 6-22

Periodic Updates 6-22

Managing Performance 6-22

Managing LNPs

6-23

Managing Applications

6-24

Determining the TCP6SAM Process Names for the Partitions 6-24

LNP Guidelines 6-24

Strategy for Coexistence With Conventional TCP/IP 6-26

Falling Back to Conventional TCP/IP or Parallel Library TCP/IP 6-26

Falling Back to Conventional TCP/IP 6-27

Falling Back to Parallel Library TCP/IP 6-27

Software Replacement 6-28

Monitoring the Network 6-29

Testing Access to Internet Network Hosts by Using the Ping Command 6-29

Displaying a Datagram’s Route to a Network Host by Using the Tracer

Utility 6-29

Event Management System (EMS) Messages 6-31