Dell PowerVault 124T Addendum to User's Guide - Page 1

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Addendum to User's Guide for the Dell PowerVaultTM 124T Autoloader Purpose of This Document This PowerVault 124T Autoloader release (V53) includes support for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6 Phase 1). The Dell PowerVault 124T User's Guides have not been updated for this release. IPv6 Phase 1 Support The PowerVault 124T autoloader now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6 Phase 1). Using IPv6 Phase 1 instead of or in addition to IPv4 does not affect autoloader functionality. However, setting up network configuration is different for IPv6 Phase 1. With both IPv4 and IPv6 Phase 1 enabled, the autoloader responds to remote access using the IP protocol received. A Link local address is configured by the autoloader at boot time. Internet Explorer does not recognize the IPv6 Phase 1 syntax. To access the Remote Management Unit (RMU) of the autoloader using an IPv6 Phase 1 address from Internet Explorer, you must do one of the following: • Option 1 - Use IPv6 address FE80::2E0:9EFF:FE0D:D7CE as an example of an RMU address. Enter the address into the address bar but replace all occurrences of ":" with "-" and add "s6.ipv6-literal.net", where the number 6 after the letter s indicates your local system's IPv6 Zone ID. You can determine your Zone ID number by opening a command prompt window and entering the command ipconfig. This command returns information specific to your local system's addresses. • Option 2 - Modify the system's hostname file to translate the IPv6 address. • Option 3 - Use an IPv6-enabled server. Enabling IPv6 Phase 1 The PowerVault 124T autoloader is IPv6 Phase 1 enabled by default. September 2007