18 lifetime, 19 network-address, Lifetime – PLANET XGS3-24040 User Manual

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25.18 lifetime

Command:

lifetime {<valid-time> | infinity} {<preferred-time> | infinity}

no lifetime

Function:

To configure the life time for the addresses or the address prefixes allocated by DHCPv6. The no

form of this command will restore the default setting.

Parameters:

<valid-time> and <preferred-time> are the valid life time and preferred life time respectively for

the allocated IPv6 addresses in the local address pool. Its value is allowed to be between 1 and

31536000 in seconds, and <preferred-time> should never be bigger than <valid-time>. The

infinity parameter designates the maximum life time.

Command Mode:

DHCPv6 Address Pool Configuration Mode.

Default:

The default valid life time and preferred life time are 2592000 seconds (30 days) and 604800

seconds (7 days) respectively.

Example:

To configure the valid life time as 1000 seconds, and the preferred life time as 600 seconds.

Switch(config)#lifetime 1000 600

25.19 network-address

Command:

network-address <ipv6-pool-start-address> {<ipv6-pool-end-address> | <prefix-length>}

[eui-64]

no network-address

Function:

To configure the DHCPv6 address pool; the no form of this command will remove the address pool

configuration.

Parameters:

<ipv6-pool-start-adderss> is the start of the address pool;

<ipv6-pool-end-address> is the end of the address pool;

<prefix-length> is the length of the address prefix, which is allowed to be between 3 and 128, and

64 by default, the size of the pool will be determined by <prefix-length> if it has been specified.

<ipv6-pool-end-address> and <prefix-length> alternative options to determine the size of the

IPv6 address pool. If <prefix-length> is 64 and the eui-64 option has been configured, the

DHCPv6 server will allocate IPv6 addresses according to the EUI-64 standard, or the DHCPv6

server will be allocating addresses sequentially.

Default:

No address pool is configured by default.

Command Mode:

DHCPv6 Address Pool Configuration Mode.

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