Reference Guide

• For a port channel interface, enter the keyword port-
channel then the port channel number. The range is from 1
to 128.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
• 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 configure 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. Configure 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 specifies successive hexadecimal fields 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.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the
relevant FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS 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 8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
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