Enabling a server for Internet Protocol Version 6 on V5R4 of the IBM i operating system

You can enable a server for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) by setting an argument on the Java™ virtual machine (JVM) panel. IPv6 is based on 128-bit architecture, which allows a far greater number of addresses to be available for use over the Internet than does Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4).

Before you begin

You must have created a profile for the server that you want to enable for IPv6.

About this task

A server is enabled for IPv4 by default in IBM® i releases prior to V6R1. Any server running on an IBM i V5R4 system can be enabled for IPv6. The following example shows how to enable the application server for IPv6.

Procedure

  1. Click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere® application servers > server_name > Java and Process Management > Process definition > Java Virtual Machine.
  2. For the Generic JVM arguments setting, enter -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=false.
  3. Click Apply and OK.

Results

You have enabled the application server for IPv6.

What to do next

You can continue to do such tasks as administer the server environment or deploy applications.




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