Disabling Ipv6 On A Layer 2 Switch - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Configuring an IPv6 host address for a BigIron RX running a switch image

Disabling IPv6 on a Layer 2 switch

IPv6 is enabled by default in the Layer 2 switch code. If desired, you can disable IPv6 on a global
basis on a device running the switch code. To do so, enter the following command at the Global
CONFIG level of the CLI.
BigIron RX(config)# no ipv6 enable
Syntax: no ipv6 enable
To re-enable IPv6 after it has been disabled, enter ipv6 enable.
NOTE
IPv6 is disabled by default in the router code and must be configured on each interface that will
support IPv6.
Configuring an IPv6 host address for a
image
NOTE
This feature is only available on the BigIron RX when it is configured as a switch. For this feature to
work it must have the CHD code enabled on the BigIron RX.
In the router configuration, each port can be configured separately with an IPv6 address. This is
accomplished using the interface configuration process that is described in
each router interface"
When a BigIron RX is running a switch-only image of the code, individual ports cannot be
configured with an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). In this situation the BigIron RX has one IP address for
the management port, and one IP address for the system. This has previously been supported for
IPv4 but not IPv6.
There is support for configuring an IPv6 address on the management port as described in
"Configuring the management port for an IPv6 automatic address configuration"
for configuring a system-wide IPv6 address on the BigIron RX in switch mode. Configuration of the
system-wide IPv6 address is exactly like configuration of an IPv6 address in router mode except
that all of the IPv6 configuration is at the Global Config level instead of at the Interface Config level.
The process for defining the system-wide interface for IPv6 is described in the following sections:
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on page 1068.
"Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with a manually configured interface ID as the
switch's system-wide address"
"Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with an automatically computed EUI-64
interface ID as the switch's system-wide address"
Refer to the "Configuring a Link-Local IPv6 Address as the Switch's System-Wide Address " in
the BigIron RX Installation Guide.
BigIron RX
on page 1077
on page 1077
running a switch
"Configuring IPv6 on
on page 1071 and
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