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Chapter 16
| IP Configuration
Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6)
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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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An IPv6 address must be configured according to RFC 2373 “IPv6
Addressing Architecture,” using 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal
values. One double colon may be used in the address to indicate the
appropriate number of zeros required to fill the undefined fields.
Web Interface
To configure an IPv6 default gateway for the switch:
1.
Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.
2.
Select Configure Global from the Action list.
3.
Enter the IPv6 default gateway.
4.
Click Apply.
Figure 332: Configuring the IPv6 Default Gateway
Configuring IPv6
Interface Settings
Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Configure Interface) page to configure general
IPv6 settings for the selected VLAN, including auto-configuration of a global
unicast interface address, and 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.
Command Usage
◆ The switch must be configured with a link-local address. The switch’s address
auto-configuration function will automatically create a link-local address, as
well as an IPv6 global address if router advertisements are detected on the local
interface.
◆ The option to explicitly enable IPv6 creates a link-local address, but will not
generate a global IPv6 address if auto-configuration is not enabled. In this case,
you can manually configure a global unicast address (see
“Configuring an
IPv6 Address” on page 509 ).
◆ IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol supersedes IPv4 Address Resolution Protocol
in IPv6 networks. IPv6 nodes on the same network segment use Neighbor