Dhcpv6 – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring IPv6

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Reachable — Positive confirmation was received within the last Reachable Time milliseconds that

the forward path to the neighbor was functioning properly. While in REACH state, the device

takes no special action as packets are sent.

Stale — More than ReachableTime milliseconds have elapsed since the last positive confirmation

was received that the forward path was functioning properly. While in STALE state, the device

takes no action until a packet is sent.

Delay — More than ReachableTime milliseconds have elapsed since the last positive confirmation

was received that the forward path was functioning properly. A packet was sent within the last

DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME seconds. If no reachability confirmation is received within

DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME seconds of entering the DELAY state, send a neighbor

solicitation message and change the state to PROBE.

Probe — A reachability confirmation is actively sought by resending neighbor solicitation

messages every RetransTimer milliseconds until a reachability confirmation is received.

Last Updated — Time since the address was confirmed to be reachable.

Displaying IPv6 Neighbor Table

1. Open the IPv6 Neighbor Table

page.

2. Select the interface to be displayed from the Interface drop-down menu.

Neighbor details for the selected interface display.

Displaying IPv6 Neighbor Table using the CLI Command

For information about the CLI commands that perform this function, see the following chapter in the

CLI Reference Guide

:

• IPv6 Routing Commands

DHCPv6

DHCP is generally used between clients (for example hosts) and servers (for example routers) for the

purpose of assigning IP addresses, gateways, and other networking definitions such as DNS, NTP, and/or

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) parameters. However, IPv6 natively provides for auto configuration of IP

addresses through IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) and the use of Router Advertisement

messages. Thus, the role of DHCPv6 within the network is different than that of DHCPv4 in that it is

less relied upon for IP address assignment.
There is a list of DHCP options that is commonly supported by DHCPv4 that need to be supported also

by DHCPv6, and must be configured.

Note: The most important DHCP option to configure is the DNS Server option, which is configured on the IPv6 →

DHCPv6 → Pool Configuration web page.

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