Ipv6 enable – Dell POWEREDGE M905 User Manual

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IPv6 Routing Commands

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prefix-length—Designates how many of the high-order contiguous bits of the address
make up the prefix.

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eui64—The optional eui-64 field designates that IPv6 processing on the interfaces is
enabled using an EUI-64 interface ID in the low order 64 bits of the address. If this
option is used, the value of prefix_length must be 64 bits.

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (VLAN, Tunnel, Loopback) mode

User Guidelines

This command has no user guidelines.

Example

The following example configures an IPv6 address and enables IPv6 processing.

console(config)#interface vlan 15

console(config-if-vlan15)#ipv6 address 2020:1::1/64

ipv6 enable

Use the ipv6 enable command in Interface Configuration mode to enable IPv6 routing on an
interface (including tunnel and loopback interfaces) that has not been configured with an explicit
IPv6 address. Command execution automatically configures the interface with a link-local address.
The command is not required if an IPv6 global address is configured on the interface.

Syntax