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You can configure 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 configure IPv6 addresses on multiple interfaces (the ipv6 address command) and verify the configuration (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 prefix 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
To configure IPv6 static routes, use the ipv6 route command.
NOTE: After you configure a static IPv6 route (the ipv6 route command) and configure the forwarding router’s address
(specified 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 [vrf vrf-name] prefix interface-type slot/port [/subport] forwarding router
tag
○ vrf vrf-name:(OPTIONAL) name of the VRF.
○ prefix: IPv6 route prefix
○ slot/port [/subport]: interface type and slot/port[/subport]
○ 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-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port/subport information.
○ For a 25-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword twentyFiveGigE then the slot/port/subport information.
○ For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the slot/port/subport information.
○ For a 50-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fiftyGigE then the slot/port/subport information.
○ For a 100-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword hundredGigE then the slot/port information.
○ For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback then a number from 0 to 16383.
○ For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number.
○ For a Null interface, enter the keyword null then the Null interface number.
○ For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1 to 4094.
Configuring Telnet with IPv6
The Telnet client and server in Dell EMC 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 system.
● Enter the IPv6 Address for the device.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privileged mode
telnet [vrf vrf-name] ipv6 address
○ ipv6 address: x:x:x:x::x
IPv6 Routing
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