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Setting the Switch's IP Address (IP Version 6)
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Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Configure Global) page to configure an
IPv6 default gateway for the switch.
CLI R
EFERENCES
"ipv6 default-gateway" on page 1664
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P
ARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
Default Gateway – Sets the IPv6 address of the default next hop
◆
router to use when no routing information is known about an IPv6
address.
If no routing protocol is enabled or static route defined, you must
■
define a gateway if the target device is located in a different subnet.
If a routing protocol is enabled
■
static route
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address or subnet passes through a preferred gateway.
An IPv6 default gateway can only be successfully set when a
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network interface that directly connects to the gateway has been
configured on the switch.
An IPv6 address must be configured 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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NTERFACE
To configure an IPv6 default gateway for the switch:
Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.
1.
Select Configure Global from the Action list.
2.
Enter the IPv6 default gateway.
3.
Click Apply.
4.
Figure 405: Configuring the IPv6 Default Gateway
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(page
769), you can still define a
753) to ensure that traffic to the designated
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