IPv6 support

If you operate a network that supports IPv6, you can access Netcool®/Impact by using its IPv6 address that is enclosed within square brackets. During installation, Netcool/Impact supports IPv6 format for host configuration.

The Netcool/Impact Install Manager configuration UI supports host names with fully qualified domain name (FQDN), IPv4, and IPv6 literal representation, except for the Derby and name server hostnames that do not support IPv6 formatted addresses. A canonical text representation of IPv6 addresses removes ambiguity and aligns with the following standards: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952#section-4 And http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291.

When you work with IP address literals or canonical host names, the configuration UI uses Java SDK InetAddress methods and DNS services to prevent malformed strings.

Here is an IPv6 host name example:

https://[2002:92a:111:440:9:42:30:213]:16311/ibm/console

If you are using a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), there is no difference between IPv6 and IPv4. Here is a FQDN host name example:

https://cvtsol05v6.tivlab.raleigh.ibm.com:16311/ibm/console