Service Manual

interface (OPTIONAL) Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number information:
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then
the slot/port[/subport] 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 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 tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then the tunnel interface number.
The range is from 1 to 16383.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword VLAN then the vlan number. The range is
from 1 to 4094.
If you congure a static IPv6 route using an egress interface and enter the ping
command to reach the destination IPv6 address, the ping operation may not work.
Congure the IPv6 route using a next-hop IPv6 address in order for the ping command
to detect the destination address.
ipv6-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the forwarding router IPv6 address in the x:x:x:x::x format.
NOTE: The :: notation species successive hexadecimal elds of zeros.
distance (OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the metric distance assigned to the route. The range is
from 1 to 255.
tag value (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword tag then a tag value number. The range is from 1 to
4294967295.
permanent (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword permanent to specify that the route is not to be
removed, even if the interface assigned to that route goes down.
NOTE: If you disable the interface with an IPv6 address associated with the
keyword permanent, the route disappears from the routing table.
weight weight-
value
Enter the keyword weight followed by a weight value. The range is from 0 to 255.
NOTE: Weight for a static route can be added only for the destination address
and not for the route pointing to destination a interface.
Defaults None
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Added support for VRF. Also included the weight parameter to support weighted ECMP
feature. Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
854 IPv6 Basics