
Operation Manual – IPv6
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 Dual Stack Configuration
2-2
2.2 Configuring Dual Stack
2.2.1 Enabling IPv4/IPv6 Dual-Stack Supporting
Table 2-1
Enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack supporting
Operation
Command
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the
protocol stack to be
supported
switch-mode
{
default
|
dual-ipv4-ipv6
|
mce
}
Required
By default, only IPv4
protocol stack is supported.
Note:
z
The configuration listed in
takes effect only after the device is restarted.
z
Before enabling dual-stack, you need to enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack supporting by
using the
switch-mode
dual-ipv4-ipv6
command. Otherwise, IPv6 packets cannot
be forwarded even if dual-stack is enabled.
2.2.2 Configuring Dual Stack
You must enable the IPv6 packet forwarding function before dual stack. Otherwise, the
device cannot forward IPv6 packets even if IPv6 addresses are configured for
interfaces.
Follow these steps to configure dual stack on a gateway:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable the IPv6 packet forwarding
function
ipv6
Required
Disabled by
default.
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
Configure an IPv4 address for the
interface
ip address ip-address
{
mask
|
mask-length
}
[
sub
]
Required
By default, no
IP address is
configured.