PowerVC installation fails due to IPv6

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You might encounter issues while installing PowerVC.

Explanation

PowerVC installation might fail if IPv6 interface is enabled.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you must disable IPv6. Perform the following steps.
  1. Update sysctl.conf file with new config values.
    sudo cat <<EOT >> /etc/sysctl.conf
#disable ipv6
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1
EOT
  2. Run sysctl -p to enable the new settings on your system.

    To check if the new settings are applied, you can run cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6. The output 1 indicates that IPv6 is disabled.