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Dell EMC Configuration Guide for the S4048T–ON System 9.14.2.4

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Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface

Essentially, IPv6 is enabled in Dell EMC Networking OS simply by assigning IPv6 addresses to individual router interfaces. You can use IPv6 and IPv4 together on a system, but be sure to differentiate that usage carefully. To assign an IPv6 address to an interface, use the ipv6 address command.
NOTE If you assign an IPv6 address to an interface enabled with DAD, Dell EMC Networking OS consider the assigned IPv6 address as tentative and will not use the address until the DAD verification is done. The time for an IPv6 address to become active increases as the number of DAD attempts increase.

You can configure up to two IPv6 addresses on management interfaces, allowing required default router support on the management port that is acting as host, per RFC 4861. Data ports support more than two IPv6 addresses.

When you configure IPv6 addresses on multiple interfaces (the ipv6 address command) and verify the configuration (the show ipv6 interfaces command), the same link local (fe80) address is displayed for each IPv6 interface.

Enter the IPv6 Address for the device.
CONFIG-INTERFACE mode
ipv6 address ipv6 address/mask

  • ipv6 address: x:x:x:x::x

  • mask: The prefix length is from 0 to 128

NOTE IPv6 addresses are normally written as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits. Separate each group by a colon (:). Omitting zeros is accepted as described in Addressing.

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