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Overview :
The Aricent RIPv6 software is a portable implementation of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) for the next generation Internet Protocol Version 6, complying with RFC 2080.
Figure 1. Aricent RIPv6 Architecture
Features :
- Supports processing of inbound and outbound route updates.
- Supports enabling/disabling of RIPv6 on a per interface basis.
- Handles control events - Interface up/down, route updates from the IPv6 forwarding table (RTM module) and address prefix changes in the IPv6 address database.
- Supports routing table and route operations using TRIE - a data structure modeled with the PATRICIA tree.
- Supports optimized triggered updates.
- Supports timer operations over route updates.
- Supports multiple instances of RIPv6 running simultaniously on the same router.
- Interfaces with IPv6 through well defined functions (NETIPv6).
- Uses portable BSD socket APIs for interfacing with the Socket Layer.
- Provides support for configuration of Split Horizon, Poison Reverse and No Horizon, per-interface.
- Provides complete support for SNMP-based management by implementing the proprietary MIB for RIPv6.
- Provides complete support for configuration through CLI.
- Conforms to Future Software Architecture for Portability (FSAP2), thus ensuring highly portable code that uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries.
- Easily portable and supports both ENDIAN types and multiple operating systems with minimal effort.
Benefits :
Aricent RIPv6 reduces the time to market for OEMs and VARs who wish to incorporate the RIPv6 functionality into their switching/routing devices.
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