Miscellaneous IP hardware requirements

IPv6 support requires any of the following:

Any OSA-Express, OSA-Express2, or OSA-Express3 feature defined for QDIO mode (OSD)
Multipath channel Point-to-Point (MPCPTP) Data Link Control (DLC), which may carry IPv6 traffic over ESCON/FICON, XCF links, and IUTSAMEH

IP over native ATM requires:

OSA-2 adapter
ATM external private or public equipment, for example, IBM® 8260 NWays Multiprotocol Intelligent Switching Hub

Use of HiperSockets™ IPv6 support requires at a minimum a zEnterprise®, System z10™, or a System z9® server.

Use of HiperSockets multiple write facility requires a zEnterprise server or a System z10 server.