Cisco 500 series Administration Manual page 284

Configuring IP Information
Management and IP Interfaces
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Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
In Layer 3 system mode, click IP Configuration > Management and IP Interfaces
> IPv6 Addresses.
The IPv6 Addresses page opens.
To filter the table, select an interface name, and click Go. The interface is displayed
in the IPv6 Address Table.
Add IPv6 Address
Click Add. The
Enter values for the fields.
• IPv6 Interface—Displays the interface on which the IPv6 address is to be
defined.
• IPv6 Address Type—Select Link Local or Global as the type of IPv6
address to add.
- Link Local—The IPv6 address uniquely identifies hosts on a single
network link. A link local address has a prefix of FE80, is not routable, and
can be used for communication only on the local network. Only one link
local address is supported. If a link local address exists on the interface,
this entry replaces the address in the configuration.
- Global—The IPv6 address is a global Unicast IPV6 type that is visible and
reachable from other networks.
• IPv6 Address—The switch supports one IPv6 interface. In addition to the
default link local and Multicast addresses, the device also automatically
adds global addresses to the interface based on the router advertisements
it receives. The device supports a maximum of 128 addresses at the
interface. Each address must be a valid IPv6 address that is specified in
hexadecimal format by using 16-bit values separated by colons.
You cannot configure an IPv6 addresses directly on an ISATAP tunnel
NOTE
interface.
• Prefix Length—The length of the Global IPv6 prefix is a value from 0-128
indicating the number of the high-order contiguous bits of the address
comprise the prefix (the network portion of the address).
• EUI-64—Select to use the EUI-64 parameter to identify the interface ID
portion of the Global IPv6 address by using the EUI-64 format based on a
device MAC address.
Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated.
page opens.
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