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IPv6 Addressing

IPv6 Addressing is supported on platforms: c e s

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the successor to IPv4. Due to the extremely rapid growth in internet

users, and IP addresses, IPv4 is reaching its maximum usage. IPv6 will eventually replace IPv4 usage to

allow for the constant expansion.

This chapter provides a brief discussion of the differences between IPv4 and IPv6, and Dell Force10’

support of IPv6. This chapter discusses the following, but is not intended to be a comprehensive discussion

of IPv6.

• Protocol Overview

• Extended Address Space

• Stateless Autoconfiguration

• IPv6 Headers

• Implementing IPv6 with FTOS

• Table 25-2 FTOS and IPv6 Feature Support

• ICMPv6

• Path MTU Discovery

• IPv6 Neighbor Discovery

• QoS for IPv6

• IPv6 Multicast

• SSH over an IPv6 Transport

• Configuration Task List for IPv6

Note: The basic IPv6 commands are supported on all platforms. However, not all IPv6-based features are

supported on all platforms and on all releases. Refer to Table 25-2, "FTOS and IPv6 Feature Support," in

IPv6 Addressing to see which FTOS version supports an IPv6 feature on each platform.