Eugeniu Patrascu wrote:
You can say it's a IPv4 thinking model, but it's easier to remember that if the fileserver it's at 192.168.10.10 then it's IPv6 counterpart address would be 2001:abcd::192:168:10:10 (each subnet being a /64)
That is a clever idea except that it can not always follow modified EUI-64 format aof rfc4291. We should better introduce partially decimal format for IPv6 addresses or, better, avoid IPv6 entirely. Masataka Ohta
Another option would be to do both. Assign a fixed address and also let it chose EUI-64. However, I see that leading to confusion. Not sure what good it would do.
Is there anything like a standard, best practice for this (yet)? What are other people doing and their reasons? Anyone have operational experience with what works and what does not (and the "what does not" is probably really of more interest)?
Letting the host choose it's own IP can be very tricky and has operational hurdles along the way as it's not that easy to copy configurations across devices during upgrades and maintenance swap outs.