Users Guide

Switch Feature Overview 103
IPv6 Routing Features
IPv6 Configuration
The switch supports IPv6, the next generation of the Internet Protocol. IPv6
can be globally enabled on the switch and settings such as the IPv6 hop limit
and ICMPv6 rate limit error interval can be configured. The administrator
can also control whether IPv6 is enabled on a specific interface. The switch
supports the configuration of many per-interface IPv6 settings including the
IPv6 prefix and prefix length.
For information about configuring general IPv6 routing settings, see "IPv6
Routing" on page 1439.
IPv6 Routes
Because IPv4 and IPv6 can coexist on a network, the router on such a network
needs to forward both traffic types. Given this coexistence, each switch
maintains a separate routing table for IPv6 routes. The switch can forward
IPv4 and IPv6 traffic over the same set of interfaces.
For information about configuring IPv6 routes, see "IPv6 Routing" on
page 1439.
OSPFv3
OSPFv3 provides a routing protocol for IPv6 networking. OSPFv3 is a new
routing component based on the OSPF version 2 component. In dual-stack
IPv6, both OSPF and OSPFv3 components can be configured and used.
For information about configuring OSPFv3, see "OSPF and OSPFv3" on
page 1219.
DHCPv6
DHCPv6 incorporates the notion of the “stateless” server, where DHCPv6 is
not used for IP address assignment to a client, rather it only provides other
networking information such as DNS, Network Time Protocol (NTP), and/or
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) information.
NOTE: This feature is not available on Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON, N1500,
N2000, and N2100-ON Series switches.