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– Prefix Length — The length of the IPv6 prefix. This field is applicable
only when the destination address is defined as a global IPv6 address.
– Interface — The interface that is used to forward the packet. Interface
refers to any Port, LAG or VLAN.
– Next Hop — The address to which the packet is forwarded on the
route to the Destination address (typically the address of a
neighboring router). This can be either a Link Local or Global IPv6
address.
–
Metric
— The value used for comparing this route to other routes
with the same destination in the IPv6 route table. This is an
administrative distance with the range of 0-255.
– Life-Time — The timeout interval of the route if no activity takes
place. Infinite means the address is never deleted.
– Route Type — Specifies whether the destination is directly-attached
and the means by which the entry was learned. The possible options
are:
•
Local — A directly-connected route entry.
• Static — Manually configured route, supported only for default
gateway, learned through the Neighbor Discover (ND) process.
• ICMP — The route was learned through ICMP Redirect
messages, sent by the router.
• ND — Route was learned by the ND protocol from Router
Advertisement messages.
Viewing IPv6 Routes Table Parameters Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the CLI commands for setting fields
displayed in the IPv6 Routes Table page.
Table 9-32. IPv6 Routes Table CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
show ipv6 route
Displays the current state of the ipv6
routing table.