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HAPTER

| Configuring the Switch

Setting an IP Address

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interface. The network portion of the address is based on prefixes

received in IPv6 router advertisement messages, and the host portion

is automatically generated using the modified EUI-64 form of the

interface identifier; i.e., the switch's MAC address. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Address – Manually configures a global unicast address by specifying

the full address and network prefix length (in the Prefix field).

(Default: ::192.168.1.1)

◆ Prefix – Defines the prefix length as a decimal value indicating how

many contiguous bits (starting at the left) of the address comprise the

prefix; i.e., the network portion of the address. (Default: 96 bits)

Note that the default prefix length of 96 bits specifies that the first six

colon-separated values comprise the network portion of the address.

◆ Router – Sets the IPv6 address of the default next hop router.

An IPv6 default gateway must be defined if the management station is

located in a different IPv6 segment.

An IPv6 default gateway can only be successfully set when a network

interface that directly connects to the gateway has been configured on

the switch.

WEB INTERFACE

To configure an IPv6 address:

1. Click Configuration, System, IPv6.

2. Specify the IPv6 settings. The information shown below provides a

example of how to manually configure an IPv6 address.

3. Click Save.

Figure 5: IPv6 Configuration