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Protocol Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 382
Extended Address Space........................................................................................................................................ 382
Stateless Autoconfiguration................................................................................................................................... 382
IPv6 Header Fields..........................................................................................................................................................384
Version (4 bits)..........................................................................................................................................................384
Traffic Class (8 bits)................................................................................................................................................ 384
Flow Label (20 bits)..................................................................................................................................................384
Payload Length (16 bits)......................................................................................................................................... 384
Next Header (8 bits)................................................................................................................................................ 384
Hop Limit (8 bits)......................................................................................................................................................385
Source Address (128 bits)...................................................................................................................................... 385
Destination Address (128 bits)...............................................................................................................................385
Extension Header Fields................................................................................................................................................385
Hop-by-Hop Options Header................................................................................................................................. 385
Addressing........................................................................................................................................................................ 386
Link-local Addresses.................................................................................................................................................386
Static and Dynamic Addressing............................................................................................................................. 387
Implementing IPv6 with the Dell Networking OS....................................................................................................387
ICMPv6..............................................................................................................................................................................389
Path MTU Discovery......................................................................................................................................................389
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery...............................................................................................................................................389
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets......................................................................................................... 390
Configuration Task List for IPv6 RDNSS.................................................................................................................. 390
Configuring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server..................................................................................................... 390
Displaying IPv6 RDNSS Information......................................................................................................................391
Debugging IPv6 RDNSS Information Sent to the Host ...................................................................................391
IPv6 Multicast...................................................................................................................................................................391
Configuration Task List for IPv6................................................................................................................................. 392
Adjusting Your CAM-Profile....................................................................................................................................392
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface......................................................................................................... 393
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route................................................................................................................................393
Configuring Telnet with IPv6................................................................................................................................. 393
SNMP over IPv6........................................................................................................................................................394
Showing IPv6 Information.......................................................................................................................................394
Showing an IPv6 Interface......................................................................................................................................394
Showing IPv6 Routes...............................................................................................................................................395
Showing the Running-Configuration for an Interface......................................................................................396
Clearing IPv6 Routes................................................................................................................................................396
Disabling ND Entry Timeout................................................................................................................................... 396
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport............................................................................................................397
Chapter 28: iSCSI Optimization.................................................................................................398
iSCSI Optimization Overview....................................................................................................................................... 398
Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows....................................................................................................................................399
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows..........................................................................................................399
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer................................................................ 400
iSCSI Optimization: Operation..................................................................................................................................... 400
Configuring iSCSI Optimization...................................................................................................................................400
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information............................................................................................................... 402
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