Operation Manual – IPv6
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 Tunneling Configuration
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3.4.2 Configuration Procedure
Table 3-1
Follow these steps to configure an automatic IPv4-compatible IPv6 tunnel
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable the IPv6 packet
forwarding function
ipv6
Required
By default, the
IPv6 packet
forwarding
function is
disabled.
Create a tunnel interface and
enter tunnel interface view
interface Tunnel number
Required
By default, there
is no tunnel
interface on the
device.
ipv6 address auto
link-local
Configure an
IPv6 link-local
address
ipv6 address ipv6-address
link-local
Optional.
By default, after
an interface is
configured with a
local IPv6
address or global
unicast address,
the link-local
address is
generated
automatically.
ipv6 address { ipv6-address
prefix-length |
ipv6-address/prefix-length }
Configure an
IPv6 address
for the tunnel
interface
Configure a
local IPv6
address or
global unicast
address
ipv6 address
ipv6-address/prefix-length
eui-64
Either is required.
By default, no
IPv6 global
unicast address
or local IPv6
address is
configured for a
tunnel interface.
Configure an automatic
IPv4-compatible IPv6 tunnel
tunnel-protocol ipv6-ipv4
auto-tunnel
Required
By default, the
tunnel is a
manually
configured tunnel.
The same tunnel
mode should be
configured at both
ends of the
tunnel.
Otherwise, packet
delivery will fail.