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Network-Enabled M Series Rack PDU User Manual
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DHCPv6 configuration (dynamic addressing provided by infrastructure)
The DHCPv6 client allows the user to obtain IPv6 configuration information from a
DHCPv6 server and works concurrently with stateless address autoconfiguration. The
functions performed by the DHCPv6 client include:
l Basic server discovery and address assignment
l Address renewal and rebinding
l Address deprecation when the preferred lifetime expires
l Address removal when the valid lifetime expires
l Address release when the interface is closed
The current implementation of the DHCPv6 client has certain limitations. The following
are the features that are currently not supported:
l Authentication
l RECONFIGURE Messages
l IA_TAs (Temporary Addresses)
l Rapid Commit FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
l DUID-LLT
l IA_PD (Identify Association for Prefix Delegation)
Accessing the appliance via a web browser using IPv6
A web browser can access IPv6 addressed devices using the full or short form IPv6
address.
For example, to access an appliance with the MAC address 00:07:6E:04:01:28, you
could navigate to the AutoConfig address: http://[FE80::0207:6EFF:FE04:0128]/ or
https://[FE80::0207:6EFF:FE04:0128]/ . The open and close square brackets indicate an
IPv6 address.
When using a PC with more than one IPv6 enabled network interface (multi-homing),
IPv6 scoped URLs may be necessary to access a device. Not all web browsers fully sup-
port IPv6 scoped URLs. Therefore, this problem must be worked around by enabling
IPv6 on only one interface at a time on the computer running a web browser to access
the appliance.
HTTP
This page allows you to choose the access method for the web management interface.