Global Configuration - Dell PowerConnect M8024 User Manual

Global Configuration

Use the Global Configuration page to enable IPv6 forwarding on the router, enable the forwarding of
IPv6 unicast datagrams, and configure global IPv6 settings.
To display the page, click IPv6 > Global Configuration in the tree view.
Figure 10-1. IPv6 Global Configuration
The IPv6 Global Configuration page contains the following fields:
• IPv6 Unicast Routing — Globally enable or disable IPv6 unicast routing on the router. The default is
Disable.
• IPv6 Forwarding — Enable or disable forwarding of IPv6 frames on the router. The default is Enable.
IPv6 Hop Limit — Specifies the TTL value for the router.
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• ICMPv6 Rate Limit Error Interval — To control the ICMPv6 error packets, specify the number of
ICMP error packets that are allowed per burst interval. The default Rate Limit is 100 packets per
second. In other words, the burst interval is 1000 milliseconds. To disable ICMP Rate Limiting, set this
value to zero. The Error Interval range is 0–2147483647.
ICMPv6 Rate Limit Burst Size — To control the ICMPv6 error packets, specify the number of ICMP
error packets that are allowed per burst interval. The default Burst Size is 100 packets. The valid Burst
Size must be in the range of 1 to 200.
Configuring IPv6 Parameters
1. Open the IPv6 Global Configuration page.
2. Enable or disable unicast routing from the drop-down menu.
3. Enable or disable IPv6 frames forwarding from the drop-down menu.
4. Click Apply Changes.
Settings are saved, and the device is updated.
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