Ipv6 Address Configuration; Ipv6 Overview; Ipv6 Address Format - Zte ZXR10 5900E Series User Manual

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IPv6 Address
Configuration
Table of Contents

IPv6 Overview.................................................................... 1

Configuring IPv6 Address..................................................... 9
IPv6 Address Configuration Example ..................................... 9
IPv6 Maintenance and Diagnosis..........................................10
IPv6 Overview
IPv6 is the next version of IP protocol. With the development of
Internet, IPv4 addresses of 32 bits will be dried up. IPv4 will be
superseded by IPv6 in the near future.
IPv6 is first described in RFC 2460 by IETF. It provides services
such as point to point security, QoS and global unique address.
Structure of IPv6 allows users to upgrade IPv4 addresses to IPv6
addresses conveniently.
IPv6 development is to provide plenty of global unique addresses
to meet more and more requirements of intelligent devices in net-
work. These devices include Personal Data Assistant (PDA), mobile
telephone and network access device for family.

IPv6 Address Format

An IPv6 address format is X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X, among which X is a
4-bit hex integer (16-bit), for example:
FEDC:0DB0:7674:3110:FEDC:BC78:7654:1234
FEDC:0DB0:0:0:6:600:7654:6789
IPv6 addresses usually contain continuous hex 0. For writing con-
venience, use "::" mark to replace continuous hex 0. This reduces
the length of IPv6 addresses in writing. IPv6 address format is
described in RFC 2373. Table 1 shows examples for compressed
formats of IPv6 addresses.
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