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Chapter
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Static IPv6 Routes
Table 97 displays the individual Brocade devices and the IPv6 Routes features they support.
This chapter describes how to configure a static IPv6 route. A static IPv6 route is a manually
configured route, which creates a path between two IPv6 devices. A static IPv6 route is similar to a
static IPv4 route. Static IPv6 routes have their advantages and disadvantages; for example, a static
IPv6 route does not generate updates, which reduces processing time for an IPv6 router.
Conversely, if a static IPv6 route fails or if you want to change your network topology, you might
need to manually reconfigure the static IPv6 route.
Configuring a static IPv6 route
You can configure a static IPv6 route to be redistributed into a routing protocol, but you cannot
redistribute routes learned by a routing protocol into the static IPv6 routing table.
Before configuring a static IPv6 route, you must enable the forwarding of IPv6 traffic on the
Brocade device using the ipv6 unicast-routing command and enable IPv6 on at least one interface
by configuring an IPv6 address or explicitly enabling IPv6 on that interface.
To configure a static IPv6 route for a destination network with the prefix 2001:db8::0/32, a
next-hop gateway with the global address 2001:db8:0:ee44::1, and an administrative distance of
110, enter the following command.
Brocade(config)# ipv6 route 2001:db8::0/32 2001:db8:0:ee44::1 distance 110
Syntax: [no] ipv6 route dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length next-hop-ipv6-address [metric] [distance
number]
To configure a static IPv6 route for a destination network with the prefix 2001:db8::0/32 and a
next-hop gateway with the link-local address fe80::1 that the Brocade device can access through
Ethernet interface 3/1, enter the following command.
TABLE 97 Supported Brocade IPv6 routes features
Features
supported Brocade
NetIron XMR
Series Brocade
MLX Series Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Base
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package
Static IPv6
Route Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv6 Static
Multicast
Route Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
BFD for Static
Routes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes