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IPv6 support for baremetal provider

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Description

**What would you like to be added**:
Currently EKS supports IPv6 and Kubernetes also supports IPv6 on it's dual stack mode.
However EKS-A cannot use IPv6.
For example we cannot use IPv6 addresses in [clusterNetwork](https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/getting-started/ports/) or hardware csv:

```
eksctl anywhere create cluster --hardware-csv expt-eksa-mgmt-ipv6-hardware.csv -f expt-eksa-mgmt-ipv6-cluster.yaml
Warning: The recommended number of control plane nodes is 3 or 5
Warning: No configurations provided for worker node groups, pods will be scheduled on control-plane nodes
Error: the cluster config file provided is invalid: the size of pod subnet with mask 64 is smaller than or equal to the size of node subnet with mask 24
```

**Why is this needed**:
Pods and nodes on EKS-A has only IPv4 and they cannot easily communicate with or host IPv6 only system.

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Research direction

Start with the eksctl anywhere create cluster path and the clusterNetwork and hardware CSV validation described in the issue, using the IPv6 example to reproduce the subnet-mask error. Review the linked ports documentation and determine the changes needed for EKS-A to accept IPv6 or dual-stack addresses; done means the example configuration validates without that error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
infrastructure, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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