scope:

The present document discusses the following Network-Cloud integration use cases which may or will adopt IPv6 as its basic network protocol.

• Virtual private Cloud - Clause 5.1

• Enterprise site to DCs - Clause 5.2

• Inter-connection of Clouds - Clause 5.3

• Data centre network - Clause 5.4

• Telecom Cloud network - Clause 5.5

Each clause provides the description, architecture and requirements, etc.

Every use case is briefly discussed, requiring a working knowledge of IPv6. Clause 6 introduces the related IPv6 technologies which are related to network and Cloud integration. Clause 7 and clause 8 give the benefit analysis of IPv6 for the Cloud-network integration and conclusions of the present document.