674 IPv6 Routing Commands
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
console(config-if-vlan5)#ipv6 pimdm hello-interval 500
ipv6 route
Use the ipv6 route command in Global Configuration mode to configure an IPv6 static route.   
Syntax
ipv6 route 
ipv6-prefix
 /
prefix-length 
[Null | interface {tunnel 
tunnel-id 
| vlan 
vlan-id
}]
next-
hop-address
 [
 preference
 ]
no ipv6 route 
ipv6-prefix
 /
prefix-length 
[Null | interface {tunnel 
tunnel-id
 | vlan 
vlan-
id
}]
next-hop-address
 [
 preference
 ]
•
ipv6-prefix
 — Is the IPv6 network that is the destination of the static route. 
•
prefix-length
 — Is the length of the IPv6 prefix — a decimal value (usually 0-64) that shows 
how many of the high-order contiguous bits of the address comprise the prefix (the network 
portion of the address). A slash mark must precede it.
•
interface 
—
 
Identifies direct static routes from point-to-point and broadcast interfaces, and 
must be specified when using a link-local address as the next hop.
•
tunnel or vlan 
—
 
Is the tunnel or vlan interface to associate with the route.
•
next-hop-address
 — Is the IPv6 address of the next hop that can be used to reach the 
specified network. 
•
preference
 — Is a value the router uses to compare this route with routes from other route 
sources that have the same destination. (Range: 1-255)
Default Configuration
1 is the default value for 
preference
.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example configure an IPv6 static route.