Administrator Guide

Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface
Dell Networking OS supports IPv6 addresses.
Essentially, IPv6 is enabled in the Dell Networking OS simply by assigning IPv6 addresses to individual router
interfaces. You can use IPv6 and IPv4 together on a system, but be sure to differentiate that usage carefully.
To assign an IPv6 address to an interface, use the
ipv6 address command.
You can configure up to two IPv6 addresses on management interfaces, allowing required default router
support on the management port that is acting as host, per RFC 4861. Data ports support more than two IPv6
addresses.
When you configure IPv6 addresses on multiple interfaces (the ipv6 address command) and verify the
configuration (the show ipv6 interfaces command), the same link local (fe80) address is displayed for
each IPv6 interface.
• Enter the IPv6 Address for the device.
CONFIG-INTERFACE mode
ipv6 address ipv6 address/mask
• ipv6 address: x:x:x:x::x
• mask: The prefix length is from 0 to 128
NOTE: IPv6 addresses are normally written as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits. Separate each
group by a colon (:). Omitting zeros is accepted as described in Addressing.
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route
Dell Networking OS supports IPv6 static routes.
To configure IPv6 static routes, use the ipv6 route command.
NOTE
: After you configure a static IPv6 route (the ipv6 route command) and configure the forwarding
router’s address (specified in the ipv6 route command) on a neighbor’s interface, the IPv6 neighbor
does not display in the
show ipv6 route command output.
• Set up IPv6 static routes.
CONFIGURATION mode
ipv6 route prefix type {slot/port} forwarding router tag
• prefix: IPv6 route prefix
• type {slot/port}: interface type and slot/port
• forwarding router: forwarding router’s address
• tag: route tag
Enter the keyword interface then the type of interface and slot/port information:
• For a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the slot/ port
information.
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