Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Creating an IPv6 Subnet in Active Directory

For Active Directory clients to properly associate their local services with their respective Active Directory site, all the subnets need to be added to the Active Directory site configuration, and this applies to both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. For this example, we use the documentation IPv6 prefix 2001:dba::/64, but for a real-world implementation a network administrator should design the IPv6 network using a prefix within the ULA range described earlier in this chapter. For our network, the IPv4 network is 192.168.206.0/24, and we will use the IPv6 prefix 2001:dba:ce::/64. To create the IPv6 subnet in the default Active Directory site, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the domain controller.

2. Click ...