Operation Manual – IPv6
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 Tunneling Configuration
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Chapter 3 Tunneling Configuration
When configuring tunneling, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
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Introduction to Tunneling
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Tunneling Configuration Task List
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Configuring IPv6 Manual Tunnel
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Configuring 6to4 Tunnel
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Configuring ISATAP Tunnel
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Displaying and Maintaining Tunneling Configuration
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Troubleshooting Tunneling Configuration
3.1 Introduction to Tunneling
Tunneling is an encapsulation technology, which utilizes one network transport protocol
to encapsulate packets of another network transport protocol and transfer them over
the network. A tunnel is a virtual point-to-point connection. In practice, the virtual
interface that supports only point-to-point connections is called tunnel interface. One
tunnel provides one channel to transfer encapsulated packets. Packets can be
encapsulated and decapsulated at both ends of a tunnel. Tunneling refers to the whole
process from data encapsulation to data transfer to data decapsulation.
Note:
NTP-related commands are available in tunnel interface view on H3C S5500-EI series
Ethernet Switches, but NTP features cannot be enabled after you execute the NTP
commands. For related information about NTP, refer to
NTP Configuration
.
3.1.1 IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnel
I. Principle
The IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling mechanism encapsulates an IPv4 header in IPv6 data
packets so that IPv6 packets can pass an IPv4 network through a tunnel to realize
interworking between isolated IPv6 networks, as shown in
Figure 3-1
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