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    Agreed, lots of (relatively) old switches support IPv6 management
    addresses without issue. My suggestion is to dedicate a nibble in
    your IPv6 numbering plan for loopbacks/mgmt addresses, firewall
    access to this nibble as necessary, and go to town.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Owen DeLong wrote on 8/23/2018 1:54 PM:<br>
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      I don’t see much difference between v6 management addresses and v4
      management addresses when it comes to best practices.
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      <div class="">I will say that if it were my network, I’d move
        everything internal-only that I could to IPv6 as quickly as
        possible, freeing up those v4 addresses</div>
      <div class="">for other purposes (or if GUA, possibly monetization
        while they’re still valuable).</div>
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      <div class="">Once you’ve got the ability to use IPv6 management
        addresses, what’s the point of maintaining legacy IPv4
        management infrastructure? It’s just an albatross of dead weight
        hanging around the neck of your network.</div>
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      <div class="">Owen</div>
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            <div class="">On Aug 23, 2018, at 10:14 , Justin Wilson <<a
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                <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>We
                  were having an interesting debate on IPV6 management
                  on layer2 devices.  Does anyone have a best practice
                  document they have seen for utilizing v6 Management
                  addresses? I know Cisco has some extensive
                  documentation on using v6 on their wireless products. </div>
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                <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>I
                  know everyone has thoughts so am interested in any
                  best practices which have been presented to the
                  community.  I haven’t worried about management access
                  on layer2 devices, as long as the layer2 devices can
                  pass any cast, multicast, and other things v6 needs.
                   However, I could see why you would want v6 management
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                <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>And
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