Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 172)

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Configuring the management port for an IPv6 automatic address configuration
Enabling IPv6
To enable IPv6 and automatically enter the following.
TurboIron(config)#ipv6 enable
This command enables IPv6.
Syntax: [no] ipv6 enable
Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with a
manually configured interface ID
To configure a global or site-local IPv6 address with a manually-configured interface ID, such as a
system-wide address for a switch, enter a command similar to the following at the Global Config
level.
TurboIron(config)#ipv6 address 2001:DB8:4444::1/64
Syntax: ipv6 address <ipv6-prefix> / <prefix-length>
You must specify the <ipv6-prefix> parameter in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between colons
as documented in RFC 2373.
You must specify the <prefix-length> parameter in decimal value. A slash mark (/) must follow the
<ipv6-prefix> parameter and precede the <prefix-length> parameter.
Configuring the management port for an IPv6 automatic address
configuration
You can have the management port configured to automatically obtain an IPv6 address. This
process is the same for any other port and is described in detail in the
“Configuring a global IPv6
address with an automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID” on page 139.
Configuring basic IPv6 connectivity on a Layer 3 switch
To configure basic IPv6 connectivity on a Layer 3 Switch, you must do the following:
• Configure an IPv6 address or explicitly enable IPv6 on each router interface
All other configuration tasks in this chapter are optional..
Configuring IPv6 on each router interface
To forward IPv6 traffic on a router interface, the interface must have an IPv6 address, or IPv6 must
be explicitly enabled. By default, an IPv6 address is not configured on a router interface.
If you choose to configure a global or site-local IPv6 address for an interface, IPv6 is also enabled
on the interface. Further, when you configure a global or site-local IPv6 address, you must decide
on one of the following in the low-order 64 bits:
• A manually configured interface ID.