Dell PowerConnect B-RX - Configuring a Global or Site-Local Ipv6 Address with an Automatically Computed EUI-64 Interface ID as the; Switchs System-Wide Address; Configuring a Link-Local Ipv6 Address as the Switchs System-Wide; Address

BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide 1089
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Configuring an IPv6 host address for a BigIron RX running a switch image
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Configuring a global or site-local IPv6 address with an
automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID as the
switch’s system-wide address
To configure a global or site-local IPv6 address with an automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID
in the low order 64-bits s the system-wide address, enter commands such as the following.
BigIron RX(config)# ipv6 address 2001:200:12D:1300::/64 eui-64
These commands configure the global prefix 2001:200:12d:1300::/64 and an interface ID as the
system-wide address, and enable IPv6.
Syntax: ipv6 address <ipv6-prefix>/<prefix-length> eui-64
You must specify the <ipv6-prefix> parameter in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between colons
as documented in RFC 2373.
You must specify the <prefix-length> parameter as a decimal value. A slash mark (/) must follow
the <ipv6-prefix> parameter and precede the <prefix-length> parameter.
The eui-64 keyword configures the global or site-local address with an EUI-64 interface ID in the
low-order 64 bits. The interface ID is automatically constructed in IEEE EUI-64 format using the
interface’s MAC address.
Configuring a link-local IPv6 address as the switch’s system-wide
address
To enable IPv6 and automatically configure a global interface enter commands such as the
following.
BigIron RX(config)# ipv6 enable
This command enables IPv6 on the switch and specifies that the interface is assigned an
automatically computed link-local address.
Syntax: [no] ipv6 enable
To override a link-local address that is automatically computed for the global interface with a
manually configured address, enter a command such as the following.
BigIron RX(config)# ipv6 address FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 link-local
This command explicitly configures the link-local address FE80::240:D0FF:FE48:4672 for the
global interface.
Syntax: ipv6 address <ipv6-address> link-local
You must specify the <ipv6-address> parameter in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between
colons as documented in RFC 2373.
The link-local keyword indicates that the router interface should use the manually configured
link-local address instead of the automatically computed link-local address.