Figure 406: Configuring An Ipv6 Address; Showing Ipv6 Addresses - Edge-Core ECS4620-28T Quick Start Manual

Chapter 15
| IP Configuration
Setting the Switch's IP Address (IP Version 6)
Showing IPv6
Addresses
The specified address replaces a link-local address that was
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automatically generated for the interface.
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IPv6 Address – IPv6 address assigned to this interface.
Web Interface
To configure an IPv6 address:
1.
Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.
2.
Select Add IPv6 Address from the Action list.
3.
Specify the VLAN to configure, select the address type, and then enter an IPv6
address and prefix length.
4.
Click Apply.

Figure 406: Configuring an IPv6 Address

Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Show IPv6 Address) page to display the IPv6
addresses assigned to an interface.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
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VLAN – ID of a configured VLAN. By default, all ports on the switch are
members of VLAN 1. However, the management station can be attached to a
port belonging to any VLAN, as long as that VLAN has been assigned an IP
address. (Range: 1-4094)
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IPv6 Address Type – The address type (Global, EUI-64, Link Local).
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IPv6 Address – An IPv6 address assigned to this interface.
In addition to the unicast addresses assigned to an interface, a node is also
required to listen to the all-nodes multicast addresses FF01::1 (interface-local
scope) and FF02::1 (link-local scope).
FF01::1/16 is the transient interface-local multicast address for all attached IPv6
nodes, and FF02::1/16 is the link-local multicast address for all attached IPv6
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