Administrator Guide

Parameters
name Enter a text string to associate with one IP address.
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address (X:X:X:X::X) to be mapped to the
name.
Defaults Not configured.
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant
Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.4.2.1 Introduced on the C-Series and S-Series.
Version 8.4.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series TeraScale.
ipv6 name-server
Enter up to six IPv6 addresses of name servers. The order you enter the addresses determines the order
of their use.
Z9000
Syntax
ipv6 name-server ipv6-address [ipv6-address2... ipv6-address6]
To remove a name server, use the no ipv6 name—server ipv6–address
command.
Parameters
ipv6-address Enter the IPv6 address (X:X:X:X::X) of the name server to be
used.
Note: The :: notation specifics successive hexadecimal fields
of zeros.
ipv6-address2...
ipv6-address6
(OPTIONAL) Enter up to five more IPv6 addresses, in the
x:x:x:x::x format, of name servers to be used. Separate the
IPv6 addresses with a space.
Defaults none
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IPv6 Basics