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Chapter 35 Configuring IPv6 Host Functions
Configuring IPv6
Configuring IPv6
These sections contain this IPv6 forwarding configuration information:
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Default IPv6 Configuration, page 35-7
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Configuring IPv6 Addressing and Enabling IPv6 Host, page 35-7
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Configuring IPv6 ICMP Rate Limiting, page 35-9
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Configuring Static Routes for IPv6, page 35-10
Default IPv6 Configuration
shows the default IPv6 configuration.
Configuring IPv6 Addressing and Enabling IPv6 Host
This section describes how to assign IPv6 addresses to individual Layer 3 interfaces and to globally
forward IPv6 traffic on the switch.
Before configuring IPv6 on the switch, consider these guidelines:
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Be sure to select a dual IPv4 and IPv6 SDM template.
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In the
ipv6 address
interface configuration command, you must enter the
ipv6-address
and
ipv6-prefix
variables with the address specified in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between colons.
The
prefix-length
variable (preceded by a slash [/]) is a decimal value that shows how many of the
high-order contiguous bits of the address comprise the prefix (the network portion of the address).
To forward IPv6 traffic on an interface, you must configure a global IPv6 address on that interface.
Configuring an IPv6 address on an interface automatically configures a link-local address and activates
IPv6 for the interface. The configured interface automatically joins these required multicast groups for
that link:
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solicited-node multicast group FF02:0:0:0:0:1:ff00::/104 for each unicast address assigned to the
interface (this address is used in the neighbor discovery process.)
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all-nodes link-local multicast group FF02::1
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all-routers link-local multicast group FF02::2
For more information about configuring IPv6, see the “Implementing Addressing and Basic
Connectivity for IPv6” chapter in the
Cisco IOS IPv6 Configuration Library
on Cisco.com.
Table 35-1
Default IPv6 Configuration
Feature
Default Setting
SDM template
Default
IPv6 addresses
None configured.