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24-Port and 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ Smart Switches with 4 SFP Ports
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If you previously managed the switch through the Insight app or Cloud portal, enter
the Insight network password for the last Insight network location.
For information about the credentials, see Credentials for the device UI on page 30.
5. Click the Go button.
The System Information page displays.
6. Select Routing> IPv6 >
Advanced > Static Route Configuration
.
7. In the IPv6 Prefix field, specify the IPv6 network prefix for the configured route.
8. In the Prefix Length field, specify the IPv6 prefix length for the configured route.
9. From the Next Hop IPv6
Address T
ype menu, select one of the following options:
Global. Select this option if the IPv6 address is a global IPv6 address.
Link-Local. Select this option if the next hop IPv6 address is a link-local IPv6
address. You must specify a next hop IPv6 address in the Next Hop IPv6 Address
field.
Static-Reject. Select this option to create a static-reject route for a destination prefix.
You do not need to specify a next hop IPv6 address.
10. If the selection from the Next Hop IPv6 Address T
ype menu is Global or Link-Local, enter
the next hop IPv6 address in the Next Hop IPv6 Address field.
11. If the selection from the Next Hop IPv6 Address T
ype menu is Link-Local, from the
Interface menu, select the interface that connects to the IPv6 next hop.
12. In the Preference field, specify the router preference.
13. Click the Add button.
The route is added.
Note: For information about viewing routes in the IPv6 route table, see View
the IPv6 route table on page 264.
Configure IPv6 route preferences
You can configure the default preference for each protocol. These values are arbitrary values
in the range of 1 to 255 and are independent of route metrics. Most routing protocols use a
route metric to determine the shortest path known to the protocol, independent of any other
protocol. The switch selects the route with the lowest preference value as the best route to a
destination. When multiple routes to a destination exist, the preference values are used to
determine the preferred route. If these preference values routes are equal, the route with the