OPNET offers an IPv6 Readiness Assessment and Transition Planning service to perform rapid assessments of current networks for the transition to IPv6, and develop an effective pre-deployment planning strategy to support unique enterprise IT objectives.

Capabilities

• Rapid, cost-effective evaluation of candidate IPv6 deployment and migration strategies without any impact on the production network.
• Analysis and assessment of IPv4/v6 dual-stack device configurations and 6 to 4 tunnels for incremental migration planning.
• Simulation-based approach to analyze network performance under different situations, validating that a particular migration strategy will not disrupt service level agreements.
• “Virtual” migration studies to ensure that the deployment sequence is viable and effective, avoiding a trial-and-error process in production.
• Visual aids and summaries to understand the deployment process and present an approach supported by quantitative data concerning the impact of the migration.
• Determination of which network devices need software upgrades to support IPv6 capabilities.
• The planning service can also include analysis to predict the impact of the transition on mission critical application performance.

Related Services

• Network Assessment and Planning Service
• Cybersecurity Services