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 Chapter 12: IPv6 Host Management BMD00136, November 2009
You can configure each IPv6 interface as either a host node or a router node. You can manually
assign an IPv6 address to an interface in host mode, or the interface can be assigned an IPv6 address
by an upstream router, using information from router advertisements to perform stateless
auto-configuration.
To set an interface to host mode, use the following command:
Supported Applications
The following applications have been enhanced to provide IPv6 support.
 Ping
The ping command supports IPv6 addresses. Use the following format to ping an IPv6
address:
ping <host name>|<IPv6 address> [<tries (1-32)> [<msec delay>]]
To ping a link-local address (begins with FE80), provide an interface index, as follows:
ping <IPv6 address>%<Interface index> [<tries (1-32)> [<msec delay>]]
 Traceroute
The traceroute command supports IPv6 addresses (but not link-local addresses).
Use the following format to perform a traceroute to an IPv6 address:
traceroute <host name>| <IPv6 address> [<max-hops (1-32)> [<msec delay>]]
 Telnet server
The telnet command supports IPv6 addresses. Use the following format to Telnet into an
IPv6 interface on the switch:
telnet <host name>| <IPv6 address> [<port>]
 Telnet client
The telnet command supports IPv6 addresses, (but not link-local addresses). Use the
following format to Telnet to an IPv6 address:
telnet <host name>| <IPv6 address> [<port>]
 HTTP/HTTPS
The HTTP/HTTPS servers support both IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
>> # interface ip <interface number>
>> (config-ip-if)# ip6host