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IPv6 Configuration
Set IPv6, IP address source, ethernet IP address, IPv6 address, prefix length,
default gateway, and DNS server values.
• IPv6 — Enables or disables the iDRAC NIC IPv6 protocol support.
Disabling IPv6 deactivates the remaining controls.
• IP Address Source — Enables or disables the ability of the iDRAC NIC to
acquire an IPv6 address from the DHCP server. Disabling
IP Address
Source
deactivates the Ethernet IP Address , Prefix Length , and Default
Gateway
controls.
• Ethernet IP Address — Enables you to specify or edit the static
IPv6
address for the iDRAC NIC when not provided by DHCP.
This
field is limited to a maximum value of
FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF. The
multi-cast (ff00:/8)
and loopback (::1/128) values are not valid addresses for the Ethernet
IP
address and/or the other address related fields described in this section.
IPv6 Address forms supported:
– X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X — In this preferred form, X represents the
hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the address. You can
omit leading zeros in individual fields, but you must include at least
one numeral in every field.
– :: (two colons) — Using this form, you can represent a string of
contiguous zero fields in the preferred form. The
:: can only appear
once in the address. You can also use this form to represent
unspecified addresses (0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0).
– x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d — This form is sometimes more convenient when
dealing with a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes. In this
form,
x represents the hexadecimal values of the six high-order 16-bit
pieces of the address, and
d represents the decimal values of the four
low-order 8-bit pieces of the address (standard IPv4 representation).
• Prefix Length — Enables you to specify or edit the number of significant
bits in the IPv6 address to be used as a prefix, up to a maximum of 128.
The prefix length number of bits in the Ethernet IP address is the netmask
for the IPv6 network to which the iDRAC NIC belongs. The more
significant bits that are defined, the fewer IPv6 addresses will be available
on the network with the specified prefix.
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