Administrator Guide

● For a tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then the tunnel interface
number. The range is from 1 to 16383.
● For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword VLAN then the vlan number. The
range is from 1 to 4094.
If you configure a static IPv6 route using an egress interface and enter the ping
command to reach the destination IPv6 address, the ping operation may not work.
Configure the IPv6 route using a next-hop IPv6 address in order for the ping
command to detect the destination address.
ipv6-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the forwarding router IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
distance (OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the metric distance assigned to the route. The
range is from 1 to 255.
tag value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword tag then a tag value number. The range is from 1
to 4294967295.
permanent (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword permanent to specify that the route is not to be
removed, even if the interface assigned to that route goes down.
NOTE: If you disable the interface with an IPv6 address associated with the
keyword permanent, the route disappears from the routing table.
weight weight-
value
Enter the keyword weight followed by a weight value. The range is from 0 to 255.
NOTE: Weight for a static route can be added only for the destination address
and not for the route pointing to destination a interface.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.
8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
7.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
Usage
Information
When the interface goes down, Dell Networking OS withdraws the route. The route is re-installed, by
Dell Networking OS, when the interface comes back up. When a recursive resolution is “broken,” Dell
Networking OS withdraws the route. The route is re-installed, by Dell Networking OS, when the recursive
resolution is satisfied.
After an IPv6 static route interface is created, if an IP address is not assigned to a peer interface, the
peer must be manually pinged to resolve the neighbor information.
You can specify a weight for an IPv4 or IPv6 static route. If the weight value of a path is 0, then that
path is not used for forwarding when weighted ECMP is in effect. Also, if a path corresponding to a
static route (destination) has a non-zero weight assigned to it and other paths do not have any weight
configured, then regular ECMP is used for forwarding.
You can specify the weight value only to destination address and not on the egress port.
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