IBM DS8000 User Manual page 118

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DS8000 User's Guide
Link-local address
Assigned on a given subnet, only one is one required. The first 10 bits of
Link local addresses are limited to B'1111 1110 10' (for example, FE80::1)
Global uni-cast address
Used for cross subnet identification. Any prefix other than 1s is reserved
for a Link-local address.
Mult-cast, unspecified, or loop back 0 - N any-cast addresses
Used to deliver a message to all interfaces with that multi-cast address.
The first 8 bits of a multi-cast addresses is limited to B'1111 1111' (for
example, FF01::1).
Transient addresses
Addresses that can also be dynamically assigned for special purposes.
Special addresses
Unspecified address
Indicates the absence of an address.
Loop back address
The loop back address is ::1 (the host sends a message to itself).
Imbedded IPv4 addresses
Addresses are limited to ::FFFF:d.d.d.d
No broadcast addresses
Addresses that do not have the host identifier set to all 1s.