The preferred form is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the address. AAAA RDATA format 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ | | + + | IPv6 ADDRESS | + + | | + + | | +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+