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17 | IP Configuration
Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6)
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If a routing protocol is enabled ( page 517 ), you can still define a
static route ( page 481 ) to ensure that traffic to the designated
address or subnet passes through a preferred gateway.
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An IPv6 default gateway can only be successfully set when a
network interface that directly connects to the gateway has been
configured on the switch.
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To configure an IPv6 default gateway for the switch:
1. Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.
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Select Configure Global from the Action list.
3. Enter the IPv6 default gateway.
4.
Click Apply.
Figure 268: Configuring the IPv6 Default Gateway
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Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Configure Interface) page to configure
general IPv6 settings for the selected VLAN, including explicit configuration
of a link local interface address, the MTU size, and neighbor discovery
protocol settings for duplicate address detection and the neighbor
solicitation interval.
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"IPv6 Interface" on page 1085
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"DHCP Client" on page 1043
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The switch must be configured with a link-local address. The option to
explicitly enable IPv6 creates a link-local address, but will not generate
a global IPv6 address. The global unicast address must be manually
configured (see
"Configuring an IPv6 Address" on page 455 ).
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IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol supersedes IPv4 Address Resolution
Protocol in IPv6 networks. IPv6 nodes on the same network segment
use Neighbor Discovery to discover each other's presence, to determine
each other's link-layer addresses, to find routers and to maintain
reachability information about the paths to active neighbors. The key
parameters used to facilitate this process are the number of attempts
made to verify whether or not a duplicate address exists on the same