Summary: In this week’s episode Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss IPv6 in the data center with <a href="https://twitter.com/jtantsura" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Tantsura</a>. Jeff is formerly head of Network Strategy with Juniper/Apstra, and now with Microsoft Azure.<br> Topics discussed include:<br> <br> * Why use IPv6 in the data center?<br> * Assigning a /64 per host, reasons and challenges<br> * Leveraging IPv6 flow labels to improve data center fabric performance<br> * The state of IPv6 Segment Routing<br> * Automating data center deployment with IPv6<br> <br> Thanks for listening!<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/jtantsura" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@jtantsura</a> – Jeff Tantsura 0n Twitter<br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-tantsura/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Tantsura 0n LinkedIn</a><br> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RFC 8273 – Unique IPv6 Prefix per Host</a> – IETF<br> <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6438.txt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels</a> – IETF<br> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport</a> – IETF<br> <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-mishra-bess-ipv4nlri-ipv6nh-use-cases-07.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPv4 NLRI with IPv6 Next Hop Use Cases</a> – IETF<br> Your Hosts:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/ipv6tom" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tom Coffeen @ipv6tom</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/scotthogg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scott Hogg @scotthogg</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/ehorley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ed Horley @ehorley</a><br> <br>
