The DataDirect Connect for ODBC Wire Protocol drivers support Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in IPv4 and IPv6 format. IPv6 addresses are only supported when connecting to certain database versions, as shown in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1. Supported IP Address Formats DB2 9.1 for Linux/UNIX/Windows and higherDB2 V5R2 for iSeries and higher Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and higher Microsoft SQL Server Native Wire Protocol Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and higher If your network supports named servers, the server name specified in the data source can resolve to an IPv4 or IPv6 address.In the following connection string example, the IP address for the DB2 server is specified in IPv6 format:In addition to the normal IPv6 format, the DataDirect Connect for ODBC drivers support IPv6 alternative formats for compressed and IPv4/IPv6 combination addresses. For example, the following connection string specifies the server using IPv6 format, but uses the compressed syntax for strings of zero bits:Similarly, the following connection string specifies the server using a combination of IPv4 and IPv6:For complete information about IPv6 formats, go to the following URL: