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Configuring an IPv6 host address for a BigIron RX running a switch image
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The process for defining the system-wide interface for IPv6 is described in the following sections:
• “Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with a manually configured interface ID as the
switch’s system-wide address”
on page 1175
• “Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with an automatically computed EUI-64
interface ID as the switch’s system-wide address”
on page 1175
• Refer to the “Configuring a Link-Local IPv6 Address as the Switch’s System-Wide Address “ in
the BigIron RX Installation Guide.
Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with a
manually configured interface ID as the switch’s
system-wide address
To configure a global or site-local IPv6 Address with a manually configured interface ID, as a
switch’s system-wide address, enter a command such as the following at the Global Config level.
BigIron RX(config)#ipv6 address 2001:200:12D:1300:240:D0FF:FE48:4000:1/64
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 a global or site-local IPv6 address with an
automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID as the
switch’s system-wide address
To configure a global or site-local IPv6 address with an automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID
in the low order 64-bits s the system-wide address, enter commands such as the following.
BigIron RX(config)# ipv6 address 2001:200:12D:1300::/64 eui-64
These commands configure the global prefix 2001:200:12d:1300::/64 and an interface ID as the
system-wide address, and enable IPv6.
Syntax: ipv6 address <ipv6-prefix>/<prefix-length> eui-64
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 as a decimal value. A slash mark (/) must follow
the <ipv6-prefix> parameter and precede the <prefix-length> parameter.
The eui-64 keyword configures the global or site-local address with an EUI-64 interface ID in the
low-order 64 bits. The interface ID is automatically constructed in IEEE EUI-64 format using the
interface’s MAC address.