Administrator Guide

You can congure up to two IPv6 addresses on management interfaces, allowing required default router support on the management
port that is acting as host, per RFC 4861. Data ports support more than two IPv6 addresses.
When you congure IPv6 addresses on multiple interfaces (the ipv6 address command) and verify the conguration (the show
ipv6 interfaces command), the same link local (fe80) address is displayed for each IPv6 interface.
• Enter the IPv6 Address for the device.
CONFIG-INTERFACE mode
ipv6 address ipv6 address/mask
– ipv6 address: x:x:x:x::x
– mask: The prex length is from 0 to 128
NOTE: IPv6 addresses are normally written as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits. Separate each group by a
colon (:). Omitting zeros is accepted as described in Addressing.
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route
IPv6 static routes are supported on the MXL switch platform.
To congure IPv6 static routes, use the ipv6 route command.
NOTE: After you congure a static IPv6 route (the ipv6 route command) and congure the forwarding router’s
address (specied in the ipv6 route command) on a neighbor’s interface, the IPv6 neighbor does not display in the
show ipv6 route command output.
• Set up IPv6 static routes.
CONFIGURATION mode
ipv6 route prefix type {slot/port} forwarding router tag
– prefix: IPv6 route prex
– type {slot/port}: interface type and slot/port
– forwarding router: forwarding router’s address
– tag: route tag
Enter the keyword interface then the type of interface and slot/port information:
– For a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the slot/ port information.
– For a Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the slot/ port information.
– For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
– For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
– For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback then the loopback number.
– For a port-channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then the port-channel number.
– For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then the VLAN ID.
– For a Null interface, enter the keyword null then the Null interface number.
Conguring Telnet with IPv6
IPv6 telnet is supported on the MXL switch platform.
The Telnet client and server in the Dell Networking OS supports IPv6 connections. You can establish a Telnet session directly to the
router using an IPv6 Telnet client, or you can initiate an IPv6 Telnet connection from the router.
NOTE: Telnet to link local addresses is supported on the MXL switch.
• Enter the IPv6 Address for the device.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privileged mode
IPv6 Addressing
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