IPv6 support for remote target installation

When you run remote target installations over IPv6 networks and cannot connect to the target computer, you can complete some configuration steps to resolve the issue.

About this task

To use the remote installation feature to install Windows targets over IPv6, the server must be able to resolve the IPv6 address of the host. If that does not happen, the connection fails.

Note:
  1. The host name cannot contain any colon characters because these characters are not supported by the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. If there is a need to use the IPv6 address directly, you might try converting the IPv6 address to the ipv6-literal namespace format. For example, the IPv6 address: 2001:4898:2b:4:bdb1:1c0:a5d8:438e might work when converted to: 2001-4898-2b-4-bdb1-1c0-a5d8-438e.ipv6-literal.net.
  2. Windows® XP 32-bit does not support the SMB protocol over IPv6. Due to this limitation, running a remote installation fails if you attempt to connect to Windows XP 32 bit over IPv6.

If you encounter problems with IPv6 connection, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Verify whether a port is blocked by using the following command: telnet <IPv6 address> 445. If the connection to the host cannot be opened, it means that the port is blocked. To resolve the issue, complete the following steps:
    1. Start the Registry Editor by running regedt32.exe.
    2. Locate the following key in the Windows registry:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Smb\Parameters

    3. Add the following entries to the registry key:

      DWORD key IPv6Protection

      Add with hex value 00000014 (0x00000014).

      DWORD key IPv6EnableOutboundGlobal

      Add with hex value 1 (0x1).

    4. Restart your computer.
  2. Verify whether the shared disks can be accessed by running the command net use * \\<IPv6 host_domain_name>\c$

    If the command returns an error and you cannot connect to the shared drive c$, it means that the disk cannot be accessed.

    To resolve the issue, complete the following steps to use the IPv6 protocol:
    1. Start the Registry Editor.
    2. Locate the following key in the Windows registry:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ LanmanServer\Parameters

    3. Add the following entries to the registry key

      DWORD key DisableStrictNameChecking

      Add with value 1 (decimal) to enable file sharing.

    4. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.