IPv6 Support

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Everpure has implemented and validated the support for IPv6 with Purity//FA 6.1.7 and VASA 1.2.0.

Here is an example of a FlashArray using IPv6 for CT0.ETH0 and CT1.ETH0 and registering the storage providers for this FlashArray.

From purenetwork eth list, we can see that both ct0.eth2 and ct0.eth3 have IPv6 enabled and in use.


>purenetwork eth list
Name      Enabled  Type      Subnet  Address                  Mask           Gateway                MTU   MAC                Speed       Services     Subinterfaces
ct0.eth2  True     physical  -       2620:125:9007:3102:102:4:7:a  64             2620:125:9007:3102::1  9000  24:a9:37:08:c6:7b  25.00 Gb/s  replication  -              -
ct0.eth3  True     physical  -       2620:125:9007:3102:102:4:7:b  64             2620:125:9007:3102::1  9000  24:a9:37:08:c6:7a  25.00 Gb/s  replication  -

Note: Currently ipv6 management addresses are not supported

From vCenter, add a new storage provider and do not use the short form of the IPv6 address ([2620:125:9014:2001::100]).

In this example, the URL used to register the VASA provider is https://[2620:125:9014:2001:0:0:0:100]:8084

Now we can see that the storage provider is registered and the URL shows the IPv6 address that was provided.

When looking at purecert list, the vasa-ct0 and vasa-ct1 certificates will show the IPv6 address as the issued to and common name.


>purecert list
Name        Status       Key Size  Issued To                     Issued By  Valid From               Valid To                 Country  State/Province  Locality  Organization        Organizational Unit  Email  Common Name
management  self-signed  2048                                               2018-08-15 14:21:53 PDT  2028-08-12 14:21:53 PDT  -        -               -         Pure Storage, Inc.  Pure Storage, Inc.   -      -
vasa-ct0    imported     2048      2620:125:9014:2001:0:0:0:100  CA         2021-05-24 13:39:30 PDT  2022-05-25 13:39:30 PDT  US       -               -         Pure Storage        Pure Storage         -      2620:125:9014:2001:0:0:0:100
vasa-ct1    imported     2048      2620:125:9014:2001:0:0:0:101  CA         2021-05-24 13:39:30 PDT  2022-05-25 13:39:30 PDT  US       -               -         Pure Storage        Pure Storage         -      2620:125:9014:2001:0:0:0:101

Additionally, support for importing custom CA signed certificates was added. However, keep in mind that the CSR generated from the FlashArray does not include SAN (subject alternative names) with the signing request. This requires the CA to provide the SAN entries for the IP address. The entry will need to follow x509 parameter standards for IPv6 addresses.