Reference Guide

• For a Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
GigabitEthernet followed by the slot/port
information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet followed by the slot/port
information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE followed by the slot/port information.
• For a loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback
followed by a number from zero (0) to 16383.
• For the null interface, enter the keyword null followed
by zero (0).
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword VLAN followed
by the vlan number.
• For a port channel interface, enter the keyword port-
channel
followed by the port channel number.
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 1 to 255.
tag value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword tag followed by a tag value
number. The range is 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.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
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
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IPv6 Basics