Configuring An Ipv6 Address; Figure 307: Configuring General Settings For An Ipv6 Interface - LevelOne GEL-1061 User Manual

Figure 307: Configuring General Settings for an IPv6 Interface

Configuring an
Use the System > IPv6 Configuration (Add IPv6 Address) page to configure an IPv6
IPv6 Address interface for management access over the network.
Command Usage
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All IPv6 addresses must be formatted according to RFC 2373 "IPv6 Addressing
Architecture, " using 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal values. One double
colon may be used in the address to indicate the appropriate number of zeros
required to fill the undefined fields.
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The switch must always be configured with a link-local address. Therefore any
configuration process that enables IPv6 functionality, or assigns a global
unicast address to the switch, including address auto-configuration or explicitly
enabling IPv6 (see
automatically generate a link-local unicast address. The prefix length for a link-
local address is fixed at 64 bits, and the host portion of the default address is
based on the modified EUI-64 (Extended Universal Identifier) form of the
interface identifier (i.e., the physical MAC address). Alternatively, you can
manually configure the link-local address by entering the full address with a
network prefix in the range of FE80~FEBF.
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To connect to a larger network with multiple subnets, you must configure a
global unicast address. There are several alternatives to configuring this
address type:
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"Configuring IPv6 Interface Settings" on page
The global unicast address can be automatically configured by taking the
network prefix from router advertisements observed on the local interface,
and using the modified EUI-64 form of the interface identifier to
automatically create the host portion of the address (see
Interface Settings" on page
It can be manually configured by specifying the entire network prefix and
prefix length, and using the EUI-64 form of the interface identifier to
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"Configuring IPv6