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Defining IPv6 Interfaces Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for setting fields displayed in the IPv6
Interface page.
Table 6-19. IPv6 Interface CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
ipv6 enable [no-autoconfig] Enables IPv6 processing on an interface.
ipv6 address autoconfig Enables automatic configuration of IPv6 addresses using stateless
autoconfiguration on an interface.
ipv6 icmp error-interval milliseconds
[bucketsize]
Configures the rate limit interval and bucket size parameters for IPv6
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) error messages.
show ipv6 icmp error-interval Displays the ipv6 icmp error interval.
ipv6 address ipv6-address/prefix-length
[eui-64] [anycast]
Configures an IPv6 address for an interface.
ipv6 address ipv6-address link-local Configures an IPv6 link-local address for an interface.
ipv6 unreachables Enables the generation of Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
(ICMPv6) unreachable messages for any packets arriving on a specified
interface.
show ipv6 interface [ethernet interface-
number | vlan vlan-id | port-channel
number]
Displays the usability status of interfaces configured for IPv6.
ipv6 nd dad attempts attempts-number Configures the number of consecutive neighbor solicitation messages
that are sent on an interface while duplicate address detection is
performed on the unicast IPv6 addresses of the interface.
ipv6 host name ipv6-address1 [ipv6-
address2...ipv6-address4]
Defines a static host name-to-address mapping in the host name cache.
ipv6 set mtu {ethernet interface | port-
channel port-channel-number} { bytes |
default}
Sets the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of IPv6 packets sent
on an interface.
ping {ipv4-address | hostname} [size
packet_size] [count packet_count]
[timeout time_out]
Sends IPv4 ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
ping ipv6 {ipv6-address | hostname} [size
packet_size] [count packet_count]
[timeout time_out]
Sends IPv6 ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.