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Parameter
network interface
eth0|eth1 for IPv6
network interface
bond0|eth0|eth1|
priv0|br0 for IPv6
Note for IPv6
Command
Use the set command to configure one of the network interfaces with IPv6 for the
MergePoint SP5x00 manager.
Synopsis: set network interface eth0|eth1 method6 <dhcpv6|static> address6 <ip>
netmask6 <netmask> gateway6 <ip> mtu6 <num>
Example: set network interface eth1 method6 static
set network interface eth1 address6 fe80:2001::2 netmask6 64
Use the set command to configure one of the network interfaces with IPv6 for the
MergePoint SP5x24/SP5x40 manager.
Synopsis: set network interface bond0|eth0|eth1|priv0|br0 method6 <dhcpv6|static>
address6 <ip> netmask6 <netmask> gateway6 <ip> mtu6 <num>
Example: set network interface bro method6 static
set network interface br0 address6 fe80:2001::2 netmask6 64
Method6 has 2 valid value: dhcpv6, static.
dhcpv6 - Interface gets its ipv6 address from dhcp server and other network settings
from ipv6 RA or other valid information.
static - You must set ipv6 address and other network settings manually.
Netmask6 is a number with value between 1 and 128.
IPv6 addresses are 16-byte numbers written in hexadecimal in blocks of 2-bytes
separated by a colon.
As an example: fdeb:8024:0000:0023:0000:0000:0a05:a0da.
Leading zeros can be removed, changing our example into
fdeb:8024:0:23:0:0:a05:a0da.
One or more zeroed blocks can be substituted by a single "::", but only one such a
substitution is allowed. This gives us two possibilities for our previous example:
• fdeb:8024::23:0:0:a05:a0da
• fdeb:8024:0:23::a05:a0da
Note that fdeb:8024::23::a05:a0da is not allowed because it is ambiguous.
Netmask6, also know as prefix length in IPv6 context, are usually encoded as the
number of bits in prefix.
Mtu6 is a number with value between 1 and 1500.
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