1-9 
Task  Remarks 
Configuring IPv6 TCP Properties  Optional 
Configuring the Maximum Number of IPv6 ICMP Error Packets Sent within a 
Specified Time
 
Optional 
Configuring the Hop Limit of ICMPv6 Reply Packets  Optional 
Configuring IPv6 DNS  Optional 
Displaying and Maintaining IPv6  Optional 
 
Configuring an IPv6 Unicast Address 
z  An IPv6 address is required for a host to access an IPv6 network. A host can be assigned a global 
unicast address, a site-local address, or a link-local address. 
z  To enable a host to access a public IPv6 network, you need to assign an IPv6 global unicast 
address to it.  
IPv6 site-local addresses and global unicast addresses can be configured in either of the following 
ways: 
z  EUI-64 format: When the EUI-64 format is adopted to form IPv6 addresses, the IPv6 address prefix 
of an interface is the configured prefix and the interface identifier is derived from the link-layer 
address of the interface. 
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.