HP-UX IPv6 Transport Administrator Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5992-6426, May 2013)

autoconfiguration using prefixes received in router advertisements. The default is
"private", and when set to "private" the interface will autoconfigure addresses using
prefixes received in router advertisements. For more information, refer to the relevant
commented text in the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file that is included
with HP-UX 11i v3 IPv6.
A sample netconf-ipv6 file entry, which clears the private flag and enables
rtradvd, is as follows:
IPV6_INTERFACE[0]=”lan0”
IPV6_INTERFACE_STATE[0]=”up”
IPV6_INTERFACE_FLAG[0]= “-private”
#
#
RTRADVD=1
Activating netconf-ipv6 file Configuration
You can activate the netconf-ipv6configuration in one of the following ways:
• By rebooting the system.
• Or alternatively, by executing the ifconfig and route commands, as needed,
to make equivalent configuration settings.
NOTE: HP recommends rebooting your system to activate any changes you made to
your netconf-ipv6 file. A reboot is the cleanest way to reconfigure an interface
because the reboot handles any network initialization dependencies.
HP recognizes that system reboots are disruptive to end users. To delay or schedule the
reboot, but still make your configuration changes active, you may execute the ifconfig
and route commands with the appropriate values for your network. These values are
ephemeral however, and will not last across reboots. After the reboot, the values in your
netconf-ipv6 file will be used. Refer to the examples that follow and the
ifconfig(1M), and route(1M) man pages for more information on using these
commands.
Example ifconfig and route Commands
HP recommends editing the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6 file to preserve IPv6
interface and address configurations across system reboots. For reference, the commands
equivalent to the netconf-ipv6 edits described earlier are listed below. Refer to the
ifconfig(1M) and route(1M) man pages for more information.
To configure a primary interface, enter:
ifconfig lan0 inet6 up
To configure a secondary interface, enter:
ifconfig lan0:1 inet6 2001:db8::5432 up
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