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How to transition from IPv4 to IPv6

A transition mechanism enables IPv6 hosts and routers to be compatible with IPv4 hosts and routers. Starting with Data ONTAP 7.3.1, a dual stack mechanism is used for transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6.

In the dual stack mechanism, the following modes are supported:
Attention: In the "Only IPv6 mode," address lookup can return both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. If you use an IPv4 address to set up communication in the "Only IPv6 mode," the communication fails. Therefore, you should have at least one IPv4 address configured in a network interface and then use the "IPv6/IPv4 mode."
Data ONTAP does not support the following IPv6 transition mechanisms (defined in RFC 2893):