H3C Technologies H3C S3100 Series Switches - Manual (Page 917)

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z Manual configuration: IPv6 site-local addresses or global unicast addresses are configured
manually.
IPv6 link-local addresses can be acquired in either of the following ways:
z Automatic generation: The device automatically generates a link-local address for an interface
according to the link-local address prefix (FE80::/64) and the link-layer address of the interface.
z Manual assignment: IPv6 link-local addresses can be assigned manually.
Table 1-5 Configure an IPv6 unicast address
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter VLAN interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Manually assign an
IPv6 address
ipv6 address { ipv6-address
prefix-length |
ipv6-address/prefix-length }
Configure an IPv6
global unicast
address or site-local
address
Adopt the EUI-64
format to form an
IPv6 address
ipv6 address
ipv6-address/prefix-length eui-64
Use either command
By default, no site-local
address or global
unicast address is
configured for an
interface.
Note that the prefix
specified by the
prefix-length argument
in an EUI-64 address
cannot exceed 64 bits
in length.
Automatically
generate a link-local
address
ipv6 address auto link-local
Configure an IPv6
link-local address
Manually assign a
link-local address for
an interface.
ipv6 address ipv6-address
link-local
Optional
By default, after an
IPv6 site-local address
or global unicast
address is configured
for an interface, a
link-local address will
be generated
automatically.