Configuring Ipv6; Overview - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual

Configuring IPv6

Overview

The IPv6 menu page contains links to the following features:
• Global Configuration
• Interface Configuration
• Interface Summary
• IPv6 Statistics
• IPv6 Neighbor Table
• DHCPv6
• OSPFv3
• IPv6 Routes
IPv6 is the next generation of the Internet Protocol. With 128-bit addresses, versus 32-bit addresses
for IPv4, IPv6 solves the address depletion issues seen with IPv4 and removes the requirement for
Network Address Translation (NAT), which is used in IPv4 networks to reduce the number of
globally unique IP addresses required for a given network. Its aggregate addresses can dramatically
reduce the size of the global routing table through well known address combinations. Security is
more integrated and network configuration is simplified yet more flexible.
On the PowerConnect 8024/8024F, IPv6 coexists with IPv4. As with IPv4, IPv6 routing can be
enabled on loopback and VLAN interfaces. Each L3 routing interface can be used for IPv4, IPv6, or
both. IP protocols running over L3 (for example, UDP and TCP) do not change with IPv6. For this
reason, a single CPU stack is used for transport of both IPv4 and IPv6, and a single sockets interface
provides access to both. Routing protocols are capable of computing routes for one or both IP
versions.
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