D-Link Xstack DGS-3600 Series User Manual page 155

The following fields may be viewed or modified. Click Apply to set changes made.
Parameter
Interface Name
Automatic Link Local
Address
Link-local Address
Global Unicast
Address
VLAN Name
Interface Admin State
Hop Limit
xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
Figure 8- 6. IPv6 Interface Settings – Edit window
Description
This field displays the name for the IP interface or is used to add a new interface or
change an existing interface name.
Use this pull-down menu to enable or disable this feature. When enabled, the switch will
automatically create an IPv6 Link Layer address for the switch. Once the user enables
this feature and clicks Apply, an IPv6 address will be produced based on the MAC
address of the switch and the new entry will appear in the following Link-Local Address
field.
This field displays the IPv6 address created automatically by the Switch, based on the
MAC Address of the Switch. This is a site local address used only for local routing.
This field is the unicast address that will be used by the Switch for packets coming from
outside the site-local address, or the public IPv6 address, when connected directly to the
Internet.
This field states the VLAN Name directly associated with this interface and may be
modified by entering a new pre-configured VLAN Name.
Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable configuration on this interface.
This field sets the number of nodes that this Router Advertisement packet will pass before
being dropped. This number is set to depreciate by one after every node it reaches and
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